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RV 80

The first chapter, discussing the “Importance of the Problem of the Slavs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,” among other things maintains:

There are some problems the solution of which is a matter of sentimental rather than practical importance, and there are national and racial ambitions the attainment of which would be of great value to some particular country or race, but which are matters of little importance to the United States or to the world at large. On the other hand, there are questions, the settlement of which will have a far-reaching effect upon the future peace of the world and the security