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Show with the prevalence of war exceeding by eight times that during any other century. The professor analyied 802 wars and Ul Internal disturbances in the past 2500 years, as reported in the Commentator. War would seem almost the normal state of Spain, for it was found to have been at war 87 per cent of the years of its history. England was at war more than half the time, 8 per cent; Trance just even. 80 per cent ' , The United States may be proud or thankful or both, that only 14 per cent of the time since the Declaration of Independence has been war time. .... But whatever our 20th century may find to be proud about, it can brag but little an its war record, for even the turbulent past, which seems to the history student little but a succession of wsrs and insurrections, is exceeded in violence by our own time. We Are the Lee$t Bad r recent year everyone ha learned what an "index" i. Tim wat when it was part of tha Jargon of economists -only. Now all and sundry know that a normal is agreed upon and th departure, abov or below normal, are shown in figure above err below 100, or in percentage. A .Harvard professor hs seen the need to set Up sn index oa wsr. His "wsr index" shows thst the 20th century hat set something of a record 1 , . v . |