The Modern Review, Volume 41Ramananda Chatterjee Prabasi Press Private, Limited, 1927 Includes section "Reviews and notices of books". |
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... become a passion . Here was their chance to fulfil it . III A conference was called in the Commodore's room to discuss whether the request of the two Japanese should be granted . Commodore Perry and his staff officers , the Commander of ...
... become a passion . Here was their chance to fulfil it . III A conference was called in the Commodore's room to discuss whether the request of the two Japanese should be granted . Commodore Perry and his staff officers , the Commander of ...
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... become of these fellows ? They want to come to our country- they're in dead earnest - not a bit of doubt about that . Well , suppose we turn them down - what does it mean ? They'll have their heads hacked off , both of them . If we put ...
... become of these fellows ? They want to come to our country- they're in dead earnest - not a bit of doubt about that . Well , suppose we turn them down - what does it mean ? They'll have their heads hacked off , both of them . If we put ...
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... become anxious to find out suitable husbands for their marriage- able daughters , in case they are not able to secure such bridegrooms by the date fixed , they resort to different expedients . The most common expedient is to arrange to ...
... become anxious to find out suitable husbands for their marriage- able daughters , in case they are not able to secure such bridegrooms by the date fixed , they resort to different expedients . The most common expedient is to arrange to ...
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... become commonplace in and through the international deliberations of the present generation . Last but not least , he has the credit of proclaiming the principle of indepen- dence for the American Indians , a principle which the African ...
... become commonplace in and through the international deliberations of the present generation . Last but not least , he has the credit of proclaiming the principle of indepen- dence for the American Indians , a principle which the African ...
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... become citizens of the Union , if they so desire , after the expiration of their indentures . On the other hand , the Union Government passed an Immigration Act on the usual lines , with a short language test . Free immigration of the ...
... become citizens of the Union , if they so desire , after the expiration of their indentures . On the other hand , the Union Government passed an Immigration Act on the usual lines , with a short language test . Free immigration of the ...
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Page 373 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 466 - In order to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another, Agree to this Covenant...
Page 232 - I think we may as rationally hope to see with other men's eyes, as to know by other men's understandings. So much as we ourselves consider and comprehend of truth and reason, so much we possess of real and true knowledge. The floating of other men's opinions in our brains makes us not one jot the more knowing, though they happen to be true.
Page 232 - Thus he who has raised himself above the alms-basket, and not content to live lazily on scraps of begged opinions, sets his own thoughts on work, to find and follow truth, will (whatever he lights on) not miss the hunter's satisfaction; every moment of his pursuit will reward his pains with some delight, and he will have reason to think his time not ill-spent, even when he cannot much boast of any great acquisition.
Page 211 - Treaty, decisions at any meeting of the Assembly or of the Council shall require the agreement of all the Members of the League represented at the meeting.
Page 241 - Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,
Page 12 - Born, sir (said he) in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country; my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited, whenever, in any country, I see an oppressed people unfurl the banner of freedom.
Page 101 - And, though every Dominion is now, and must always remain, the sole judge of the nature and extent of its co-operation, no common cause will, in our opinion, be thereby imperilled.
Page 329 - ... guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away.
Page 12 - Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt ? Ko ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free...