The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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But her power was being slowly passed by the growth of the United States , and the future of her old Asiatic rival , Russia , was shrouded in uncertainty . How long would she have the wealth to sustain this mighty role ?
But her power was being slowly passed by the growth of the United States , and the future of her old Asiatic rival , Russia , was shrouded in uncertainty . How long would she have the wealth to sustain this mighty role ?
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The difficulty was that no one could foresee the future -how far the policy of States , the international situation , with its rivalries entailing the possibilities of war , and also the progress of invention , might change the whole ...
The difficulty was that no one could foresee the future -how far the policy of States , the international situation , with its rivalries entailing the possibilities of war , and also the progress of invention , might change the whole ...
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Even so , others besides Deakin realised the great significance which might attach to the present occasion and , especially , its promise for the future . When , at the closing session , Sir Samuel Griffith , Premier of Queensland ...
Even so , others besides Deakin realised the great significance which might attach to the present occasion and , especially , its promise for the future . When , at the closing session , Sir Samuel Griffith , Premier of Queensland ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
Copyright | |
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