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PART I

THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST
LECTURE I

SECTION

WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?
1. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE CONSCIOUS IN HISTORY
2. ANCIENT AND MODERN IMPERIALISM
3. THE MANDATE OF DESTINY

LECTURE II

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL IDEAL
1. OF THE ACTION OF STATES AND OF INDIVIDUALS
2. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY AS APPLIED TO HISTORY
3. THE LAW OF TRAGEDY: ITS SECOND ASPECT

LECTURE III

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL
1. RELIGION AND IMPERIALISM
2. THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN ENGLISH HISTORY
3. DISTINCTION OF THE RELIGION OF THE VIKINGS
4. WORLD-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
5. THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST: A FINAL CONSIDERATION

PART II

THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
LECTURE IV

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
1. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
2. NATIONALITY AND IMPERIALISM
3. THE WAR OF A DEMOCRACY
4. COSMOPOLITANISM AND JINGOISM
5. MILITARISM

LECTURE V

WHAT IS WAR?
1. THE PLACE OF WAR IN WORLD-HISTORY
2. DEFINITION OF WAR
3. COUNT TOLSTOI AND CARLYLE UPON WAR
4. COUNT TOLSTOI AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SLAVONIC GENIUS
5. THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST AND WAR
6. THE IDEAL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
7. IMPERIALISM AND WAR

LECTURE VI

THE VICISSITUDES OF STATES AND EMPIRES
1. THE METAPHYSICAL ORIGIN OF THE STATE
2. THE STATE, EMPIRES, AND ART
3. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE THEORY OF RETRIBUTION
4. THE FALL OF EMPIRES: THE CYCLIC THEORY
5. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE "FALL OF AN EMPIRE"?

LECTURE VII

THE DESTINY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN AND THE DESTINY OF MAN
1. THE PRESENT STAGE IN THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
2. THE DESTINY OF MAN
3. THE FOUR PERIODS OF MODERN HISTORY
4. THE IDEAL OF THE FOURTH AGE
5. THE "ACT" AND THE "THOUGHT"
6. BRITAIN'S WORLD-MISSION: THE WITNESS OF THE DEAD TO THE MANDATE OF THE PRESENT

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PART I
THE TESTIMONY OF THE PAST

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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