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    suetichapter,

    hadakefraherulerof

    europe.

    thegreathespanishsuession,beguninthe

    year1701,iediatelyafterthedeathofcharlesii,thelast

    ofthespanishhabsburgs,andendedin1713bythepeace

    ofutrecht,reinedequallyundecided,butithadruihe

    treasuryoflouis.onlandthefrenghadbeenvictorious,

    butthenaviesofenglandandhollandhadspoiledall

    hopeforanultitefrentory;besidesthelongstruggle

    hadgivenbirthtoaalprincipleofiional

    politics,adeitiossibleforone

    siiontorulethehehe

    e.

    thathesocalled``balanceofpoa

    tenlaforthreeturiesithasbeenobeyedasclosely

    asarethelaure.thepeopleedtheidea

    intaihateurope,initsnationalistient,

    uldonlysurvivehereshouldbeanabsolutebalance

    ofthenynfligisoftheei.

    nosinglepousteverbealloo

    doheothers.durihirtyyearshe

    habsburgshadbeeioftheapplicationofthislaw.

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    thatstrugglerife

    thataintendencies

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    allttersofiionaliortance.he

    developntofahestatesnhthe

    personalfeelingsoftheslideruleandthecashregister.jan

    dethefirstsuessfulexpoofthisnehool

    ofpolitics.iiihefirstgreatpupil.andlouis

    xiveandglory,.

    therehavebeennyotherssince.

    theriseofrussia

    thestoryofthesterioussvite

    eireupon

    thegrandpoliticalstageofeurope

    intheyear1492,asyouknobusdisveredarica.

    earlyintheyear,atyrolesebythenaofsups,

    travellingastheheadofastificexpeditionforthe

    archbishopoftyrol,andprovidedhthebestletters

    ofintroduythical

    toossueed.he

    frontiersofthisvastsvitestatehwasvaguelysupposed

    toexistireeastepartofeurope,hewas

    firytuedbanersed.and

    supstovisittheheathenturkinnstantinople,in

    orderthatheghthavesothingtoreporttohisal

    sterebackfroisexplorations.

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    thenortheastepassagetotheindies,andblownby

    anillouthofthedwina

    andfouevillageofkholgory,afewhours

    frohespothetohangelwasfounded.

    thistithefnvisitorse

    tosselvestothegrandduke.they

    rcialtreaty

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    nationssoonfolloethingbeohis

    steriousland.