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355:, and the idea of a union of "Latin" peoples. Wells analyzes each of these. But he believes it is "a naturally and informally organized, educated class" rather than any regional political movement that will be the means whereby "a New Republic" will come to dominate the world. Wells scrutinizes the present for signs of such a development, and finds them in American trusts, unofficial organizations like the Navy League, philanthropic tycoons, etc.
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distance a worker can travel in an hour acting as a "centrifugal" force leading to a considerable development of "suburbs" while this development is counterbalanced by "centripetal considerations" like a desire for access to shopping districts, good schools, doctors, and "the love of the crowd." The terms "town" and "country" will become obsolete as a new kind of "
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1637:World Brain
1511:Little Wars
1483:Floor Games
1441:Crux Ansata
1128:Tono-Bungay
984:H. G. Wells
833:(pp. 90-1).
353:Pan-Slavism
337:world-state
173:World War I
41:H. G. Wells
2015:Categories
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520:References
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137:H.G. Wells
117:Wikisource
1296:Meanwhile
1272:The Dream
411:Reception
311:submarine
303:field gun
265:democracy
65:Publisher
1876:The Star
1743:The Cone
1344:Brynhild
1168:Marriage
948:LibriVox
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682:, Ch. 8.
669:, Ch. 7.
656:, Ch. 6.
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274:monarchs
179:Synopsis
57:Language
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240:brokers
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