Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political SocietyD. Appleton, 1873 - 224 pagini |
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... military drill is only one particular form ) is based upon the existence of this power which the nervous system possesses , of organising conscious actions into more or less unconscious , or reflex , operations . It may be laid down as ...
... military drill is only one particular form ) is based upon the existence of this power which the nervous system possesses , of organising conscious actions into more or less unconscious , or reflex , operations . It may be laid down as ...
Pagina 44
... military art is the most con- spicuous , I was about to say the most showy , fact in human history . Ancient civilisation may be compared J.- 6 6 with modern in many respects , and plausible 44 PHYSICS AND POLITICS .
... military art is the most con- spicuous , I was about to say the most showy , fact in human history . Ancient civilisation may be compared J.- 6 6 with modern in many respects , and plausible 44 PHYSICS AND POLITICS .
Pagina 45
... military power . Napoleon could indisputably have conquered Alexander ; our Indian army would not think much of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . And I suppose the improvement has been continuous I have not the slightest pretence to ...
... military power . Napoleon could indisputably have conquered Alexander ; our Indian army would not think much of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . And I suppose the improvement has been continuous I have not the slightest pretence to ...
Pagina 46
... military . If you added up the many little hosts of any century of separation , they would perhaps be found equal or ... military inventions by cultivated states , real and effective military power tends to confine itself to those states ...
... military . If you added up the many little hosts of any century of separation , they would perhaps be found equal or ... military inventions by cultivated states , real and effective military power tends to confine itself to those states ...
Pagina 47
... military vices , too , of civilisation seem to decline just as its military strength augments . Somehow or other civilisation does not make men effeminate or un- warlike now as it once did . There is an improvement in our fibre — moral ...
... military vices , too , of civilisation seem to decline just as its military strength augments . Somehow or other civilisation does not make men effeminate or un- warlike now as it once did . There is an improvement in our fibre — moral ...
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