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But I oppose to this assertion the very example which you have chosen, and beg you to remark, that the grandest and noblest of exhibitions, one which has been conceived in the most liberal and universal spirit -- and I might even make use of the term humanitary, for it is no exaggeration -- is the exhibition now preparing in London; the only one in which no government is taking any part, and which is being paid for by no tax.
Essays on Political Economy Fr��d��ric Bastiat 1825
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Altough this, Argentine can cede the rights to falklands inhabitants, because humanitary reasons.
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No one wants to send their kids to Africa to fight and die for countries that they have no vested interest in (other than humanitary).
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More Suggestions for Helping Africa 2005
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Anyway, just wanted to post a link to a discussion with Romeo Dallaire about Rwanda and his hopes in the future on humanitary efforts.
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At the same time there is nothing mystical, supernatural, or merely fantastic about it, though its spirit is humanitary and even socialistic.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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War with them is therefore no matter of child's play, no matter of courtesy or chivalry toward enemies, except from a pompous and theatrical show of a knightly character, which they do not possess; -- it is simply a question of pillaging and enslaving, without let or hindrance from moral or humanitary considerations, to any extent to which they may find, by the experiment now inaugurated, their physical power to extend.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Dawning prophetic on modern times, the thought of the Ensemble holds the seeds of new humanitary growths.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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This is the great humanitary movement of the age, swallowing up, for the time being, all other questions, comparatively speaking.
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave William Wells Brown
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Of the discoveries of Kepler, we can here have to do with their universal and humanitary bearings alone.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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It must be humanitary or beneficent in its aims, and not inhuman and malevolent, as is always the case when the weak are subjected to distinguish, aggrandize, and enrich those who subject them.
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