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that much that concerns the latter aspect of his work will be new to most readers. In spite of all that has been said and written concerning the political activities which Ballin displayed (and is alleged to have displayed) both before and during the war, their object-and, more important still, their intimate connexion with his economic activities-is scarcely known. Eminently successful though Ballin had been in creating an atmosphere of mutual under

ked that, to the great loss of mankind, the experiences gained by one generation are always useless to the next, and that each generation is fated to make its own mistakes. If this is true, it is neverthe

, who asked me to collect his papers, and to make whatever use I thought fit of them. Moreover, the fact that I had t

pector Emil F. Kirchheim for assistance with the technical details, and to Professor Francke, who was on intimate terms of fri

nts sine ira et studio, and to refrain from stating as a f

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