Imperial Defence and Trade (Classic Reprint)
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Imperial Defence and Trade The accompanying monograph being the first of a special series, the Council have desired me to insert this prefatory note of explanation. A feeling had grown up that we were not doing as much as we might to elucidate problems connected with the supreme object of the Institute´s existence. That object is, in the words of our Royal Charter, "the preservation of a permanent union between the Mother Country and the various parts of the British Empire." Since 1882, when the present Charter was granted, the belief has become fairly general that in order to preserve a "permanent union" some changes will have to be made in the present system of Empire governance, and in recent years there has been a marked revival of practical interest in this problem. It was represented to us that although for a long time past scattered enthusiasts have been endeavouring to investigate the conditions of closer union, and despite in later years the extremely able work of those who have conducted the Round Table, little had yet been done in the way of detached, unbiassed, and scientific treatment of this problem in certain important aspects which seemed to admit of being treated by that method to the advantage of the cause. Having agreed that the need existed and ought to be met, we had next to choose between two alternative plans. Either we might institute an open competition, offering a substantial reward of honourable recognition and money as an inducement to competent persons to undertake what must always be an exceedingly laborious form of work. Or, we might seek out and pay competent persons, so far as our financial resources might permit, to work on specified lines under direct supervision. The former plan would have the merit, we thought, of diffusing a wider interest in the study of these questions, and of perhaps bringing to light individual talent which might otherwise have remained unrecognised or been absorbed in work of a different kind. 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.
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