Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only new prize on the list is the Ropes prize of two hundred and fifty dollars offered for the best essay upon "The Causes of the Russian War of 1812." This prize is open to students of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania...
...experience of the last half century and the light it throws upon the possible general resort to arbitration as a substitute for war...
...light which experience throws upon the resort to arbitration as a substitute for war...
Lecture. Western Campaigns of the Civil War. III. Vicksburg. (Stereopticon Illustrations.) John Fiske, LL. D. Sanders Theatre...
...Legal-tender paper money is recognized as dangerous by economists and financiers.- (a) The legal-tender acts were passed as war measures: Cong. Globe, 1861-62 p. 523.- (b) A speedy redemption was anticipated: Cong. Globe, 1861-62 (Speeches on legal-tender bills).- (c) The Republicans passed an act almost unanimously to retire greenbacks, Dec. 18, 1865: Nation, LXI, 380.- (d) March 18, 1869. Congress passed an act solemnly pledging itself to make early provision for redemption of the United States notes in coin: E. C. Mason's Veto Power, S 61.- (e) President Grant urged Congress to retire...