The Federal Unionists Reply To This By Stating That One
must first rid the mind of artificial notions about " inde- pendent States." But such notions are not artificial ; they represent the organic growth of thousands of years ; they......
People And Things
By HAROLD NICOLSON T HERE must be something about frost, and snow in the afternoon, and " those winter dreams when the nights grow longer " which is trying to the temper of man.......
I Cannot But Feel That On This Occasion The Disgust
of Mr. Curry was a trifle too impatient. I ventured to suggest that he had not, in expounding The Case for Federal- Union, paid sufficient attention to difficulties and details.......
Mr. Curry Is A Schoolmaster, And Has, I Understand, Devoted
a great part of his life to the study of educational matters. It would seem also that he takes an amateur interest in diplomacy. I served for twenty years in the diplomatic......
In The Third Place, The Professional Diplomatist Acquires...
of mind which can best be described as " balanced scepticism." This attitude is not, as some suppose, induced by any arrogance of soul. It is merely that he has lived among so......
Let Me, However, Ask Another Question Which Mr. Curry Must
admit cuts to the very root of his whole theory. Most Federal Unionists agree that there must be some central Federal Parliament or Council composed of representatives of all......
It Has Always Struck Me As Singular That, Whereas In
other walks of life experience is regarded as an asset, in diplomatic matters it is denounced as a liability. There are, I would suggest, three reasons for this misconception.......
I Had Suggested That It Would Be Well Were The
Federal Unionists to consider their problem inductively as well as deductively, and to examine, for instance, how the produc- tion and consumption of copper would fare under......
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