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harmony with the American Republic Changes of the cen 

 tury of peace in the English-speaking world Is Great Britain 

 still the nerve centre? Populations of United Kingdom and 

 colonies, 1814 and 1914 American Republic the home of most 

 of the English-speaking people Contrast with British Empire 

 geographically Resemblances social, economic, and political 

 Cordial relations probable in the future. 



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The fallacy of too sweeping generalization in international 

 affairs Illustrated in the relations of Great Britain and the 

 United States The four periods of the century of peace 

 What the Treaty of Ghent did not do Progress and failure in 

 the diplomacy of the first period Many causes of friction in 

 the second period Influences making for amity and their 

 triumph General disturbance of good feeling through the 

 American Civil War Pacifying processes after the war 

 Initial controversies of the fourth period Cause and meaning 

 of the explosion over the Venezuelan boundary Effects of the 

 Spanish-American War Far-reaching progress in cordiality 

 The two great political organisms of the English-speaking 

 world Persistent consciousness of a special ground for peace 

 between them. 



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