Peace InsuranceA. C. McClurg & Company, 1915 - Počet stran: 214 |
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Strana 3
... defeat in war . Ability to accomplish this purpose suc- cessfully must depend upon their size , equipment and efficiency as compared with the forces of the enemy . Hence , it is easy to conceive the fact that a suffi- ciently wealthy ...
... defeat in war . Ability to accomplish this purpose suc- cessfully must depend upon their size , equipment and efficiency as compared with the forces of the enemy . Hence , it is easy to conceive the fact that a suffi- ciently wealthy ...
Strana 4
... defeat in war , insures against any war at all . The fact that Germany has become involved in the great- est of international conflicts affects this truth in no way . If Germany brought on the war , at least German power has delayed the ...
... defeat in war , insures against any war at all . The fact that Germany has become involved in the great- est of international conflicts affects this truth in no way . If Germany brought on the war , at least German power has delayed the ...
Strana 6
... defeat in war . This is almost ex- actly the sum that we expend annually for the entire maintenance of all the military forces of the nation . To determine the rate of our insurance , we must first determine what we are insuring and its ...
... defeat in war . This is almost ex- actly the sum that we expend annually for the entire maintenance of all the military forces of the nation . To determine the rate of our insurance , we must first determine what we are insuring and its ...
Strana 21
... defeated in his attempts to show that the cost of armament in America is exces- sive , turns naturally to the greater armaments of Europe . We are concerned principally with the United States , yet what today affects Europe may tomorrow ...
... defeated in his attempts to show that the cost of armament in America is exces- sive , turns naturally to the greater armaments of Europe . We are concerned principally with the United States , yet what today affects Europe may tomorrow ...
Strana 24
... defeat in war ? It is true that the cost of military force is small compared with other expenditures of the American nation . Yet this is no reason for spending even a comparatively small sum if we can attain the same results at less ...
... defeat in war ? It is true that the cost of military force is small compared with other expenditures of the American nation . Yet this is no reason for spending even a comparatively small sum if we can attain the same results at less ...
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Strana 47 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Strana 154 - Had we formed a permanent army in the beginning, which, by the continuance of the same men in service, had been capable of discipline, we never should have had to retreat with a handful of men across the Delaware in '76, trembling for the fate of America, which nothing but the infatuation of the enemy could have saved...
Strana 197 - Regular troops alone," said he, " are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense ; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force.
Strana 154 - ... men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance and a want of enterprise in the enemy; we should not have been the greatest part of the war inferior to the enemy, indebted for our safety to their inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford, and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns burnt, the inhabitants plundered,...
Strana 145 - I am sorry to be necessitated to mention to you the egregious want of public spirit which prevails here. Instead of pressing to be engaged in the cause of their country, which I vainly flattered myself would be the case, I find we are likely to be deserted in a most critical time. * * * Our situation is truly alarming, and of this General Howe is well apprised. No doubt when he is reinforced he will avail himself of the information.
Strana 89 - The weakness of so much merely negative criticism is evident — pacificism makes no converts from the military party. The military party denies neither the bestiality nor the horror, nor the expense ; it only says that these things tell but half the story. It only says that war is worth them ; that, taking human nature as a whole, its wars are its best protection against its weaker and more cowardly self, and that mankind cannot afford to adopt a peace-economy.
Strana 117 - So that, when I tell you that war is the foundation of all the arts, I mean also that it is the foundation of all the high virtues and faculties of men.
Strana 117 - I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace.
Strana 146 - Nothing can surpass the impatience of the troops from the New England colonies to get to their firesides. Near three hundred of them arrived a few days ago, unable to do any duty; but as soon as I administered that grand specific, a discharge, they instantly acquired health, and rather than be detained a few days to cross Lake George, they undertook a march from here of two hundred miles with the greatest alacrity.
Strana 154 - ... of men to mount the ordinary guards, liable at every moment to be dissipated, if they had only thought proper to march against us : we...