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... CHAPTER I. IN A TIME OF PROGRESS . the life of a nation or in the annals of the world , half a century may go for next to nothing , or it may be pregnant with promise and achievement . In the infancy of civilisation , with its miracles ...
... CHAPTER I. IN A TIME OF PROGRESS . the life of a nation or in the annals of the world , half a century may go for next to nothing , or it may be pregnant with promise and achievement . In the infancy of civilisation , with its miracles ...
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... progress in the future ; and though we must reckon with the uncertainty of all mortal things , assuredly there are no signs as yet of national decay . CHAPTER II . THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM . WITHOUT A Time of Progress . 11.
... progress in the future ; and though we must reckon with the uncertainty of all mortal things , assuredly there are no signs as yet of national decay . CHAPTER II . THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM . WITHOUT A Time of Progress . 11.
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Or, Changes in Men and Manners Alexander Innes Shand. CHAPTER II . THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM . WITHOUT self - flattery , we may safely say that the growth and development of the British Constitution is the best tribute to the qualities ...
Or, Changes in Men and Manners Alexander Innes Shand. CHAPTER II . THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM . WITHOUT self - flattery , we may safely say that the growth and development of the British Constitution is the best tribute to the qualities ...
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... masses will blindly confide to their man- datories ; or that Britain's proverbial luck may still pull the empire through its difficulties . CHAPTER III . FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS . THE country 22 The Swing of the Pendulum .
... masses will blindly confide to their man- datories ; or that Britain's proverbial luck may still pull the empire through its difficulties . CHAPTER III . FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS . THE country 22 The Swing of the Pendulum .
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Or, Changes in Men and Manners Alexander Innes Shand. CHAPTER III . FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS . THE country may have gained by electoral reform , but various interests have suffered severely . It is certain that we pay dearly for ...
Or, Changes in Men and Manners Alexander Innes Shand. CHAPTER III . FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS . THE country may have gained by electoral reform , but various interests have suffered severely . It is certain that we pay dearly for ...
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