war of the nations

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This war of the nations, which has overthrown so many accepted standards and created new ones, will also give a new basis to the privileged position of German officers in public life.

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

This book was almost completed when the sound of the war of the nations broke upon our ears.

From The Trade Union Woman by Henry, Alice

Amongst the many discoveries brought about by the war of the nations, an educated British public has suddenly discovered the unsuspected existence of Heinrich von Treitschke.

From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles

Shall this war of the nations, unparalleled in history, mean for Germany the destruction of all her material and spiritual possessions, as they were destroyed during the thirty years of horror in the seventeenth century?

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

This is the theory held by Sun concerning the class war of the nations.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony