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A Great Critic

Et:w are the critics in whose influence posterity finds nothing to regret. A great man may jockey his brilliant over-riding thesis to victory, confounding his rivals, seeming to......

Lord Hankey Surprises

LORD HANKEY must always be heard with respect on any inter- national question, but it is to be feared that this volume will not increase the respect. His thesis—that the......

Wisdom Without Ideas

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