Author: John de Courcy MACDONNELLPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 391
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King Leopold II.: his rule in Belgium and the Congo ... With 40 full-page plates, etc
Author: John de Courcy MACDONNELLPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 391
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King Leopold II
Author: John de Courcy MacDonnellPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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King Leopold II
Author: John de Courcy MacDonnellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 392
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King Leopold II. His Rule in Belgium and the Congo. With 40 Full-pages Plates from Photographs, Genealogical Table and Map
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King Leopold II
Author: John de Courcy MacdonnellPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282555085
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Excerpt from King Leopold II: His Rule in Belgium and the Congo Nothing is more absurd than this theory. In a constitutional monarchy the king's place is well defined, but the king's place is ever that of a ruler, and his first duty is to rule. If he be a weak man his rule will be feeble, if he be a vicious man his mle will be bad but, strong or feeble, a king cannot but fix his imprint on his country, and he it is who himself produces for his reign its result, good, bad, or indifferent, according to his abilities and his will. Whatever the limits of the constitution, it is in evitable that on many, and these the most vital, points of government the king's voice must be most powerful in the councils of his country. The history of the nineteenth century, now Opening to the world, proves that this was so, even when the middle-class power was at its highest; and beside the proof of his tory, common-sense Shows that it must be so, as long as kings remain. In a free country, during a single reign, thousands of politicians, hundreds of ministers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
King Leopold Ii; His Rule in Belgium and the Congo
Author: John de Courcy MacDonnellPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230382333
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII. THE FUTURE EMPIRE. Politically unknown a hundred years ago, known fifty years ago only as a petty State formed out of dissimilar and often jarring elements, tolerated because of the common jealousy of the Powers, but liable to have her independence swept away the moment that jealousy was quelled or crushed, Belgium is to-day a nation, firm and close-knit, relying on herself for her independence, possessed in reality of all the attributes of greatness, and standing on the threshold of assured empire. Amidst the rush and swirl of the nineteenth century, with its wondrous advances and its appalling retrogressions, its scientific glory, its shame of festering crime and misery, the steady evolution of the Belgian nation shines out a fact most full of promise for patriotic and peace-loving men. Of all the States of Europe, Belgium deserves empire most, for she, alone amongst them, is the one that proves undisputed empire to be possible by the free and willing union under one crown of races differing in language and in blood. Looking at the existing empires of Europe, torn as every one of them is at the present moment by the internal dissensions of the races which form them, and whose union would make their strength greater than fleets or armies ever could alone, even the most ardent imperialists might be forced to believe that the political union of races is impossible without the domination of one of the races over the others and the crushing down of the others' national inspirations, were not Belgium there to prove the contrary. Belgium, however, proves conclusively that racial independence and national union are not only possible, but that in them lies the power of successful empire at the present time. While proud empires...
King Leopold II
Author: John de Courcy MacDonnellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 391
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King Leopold II
Author: John de Courcy Mac-DonnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 391
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Two King Leopold II, His Rule in Belgium and the Congo
Author: Leopold II (King of Belgium)Publisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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The Reign of Leopold II, King of the Belgians and Founder of the Congo State, 1865-1909
Author: Demetrius Charles BoulgerPublisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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