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North America. The people which pre- 

 served its self-government could send forth 

 self-supporting colonies ; the people which 

 had lost the very tradition of self-govern- 

 ment could not. Hence the dominion of 

 the sea, with that of all the outlying parts 

 of the earth, fell into the hands of men of 

 English race ; and hence the federative 

 method of political union the method 

 which contains every element of perma- 

 nence, and which is pacific in its very con- 

 ception is already assuming a sway 

 which is unquestionably destined to be- 

 come universal. 



Bearing all this in mind, we cannot fail 

 to recognize the truth of the statement 

 that the great wars of the historic period 

 have been either contests between the in- 

 dustrial and the predatory types of society 

 or contests incident upon the imperfect 

 formation of great political aggregates. 

 Throughout the turmoil of the historic 

 period which on a superficial view seems 

 such a chaos we see certain definite 



