Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 - England |
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Page 219
... better than a Chinese when it comes to fighting . " I hastened to reassure him , but I had often heard that very theory ex- pounded at the Club , and felt we were on delicate ground . 66 As you say , " he continued , " noth- ing could ...
... better than a Chinese when it comes to fighting . " I hastened to reassure him , but I had often heard that very theory ex- pounded at the Club , and felt we were on delicate ground . 66 As you say , " he continued , " noth- ing could ...
Page 300
... better crops on his tilled fields ; to break up the jungle and so produce still more food ; to bring his harvested grain with all despatch from the threshing floor to the market Is he not the Government's cow ' Over whole provinces of ...
... better crops on his tilled fields ; to break up the jungle and so produce still more food ; to bring his harvested grain with all despatch from the threshing floor to the market Is he not the Government's cow ' Over whole provinces of ...
Page 321
... better ships , trains better soldiers . Can it be merely that the British have learned to combine an inferior two and make a better whole ? Is it as simple as all that ? Is this the new unconquerable fact about them ? Only time can ...
... better ships , trains better soldiers . Can it be merely that the British have learned to combine an inferior two and make a better whole ? Is it as simple as all that ? Is this the new unconquerable fact about them ? Only time can ...
Contents
GEE | 210 |
A LITTLE RIVER OF OLD JAPAN BY SIR HAROLD PARLETT | 357 |
MEDICINEMANS CHILD | 373 |
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