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3. Of course Australians who came to the aid
of Britain and Europe in two world wars
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must always have seen clearly that Britain
was deeply involved in the continent.
there is one great difference which must
strike those Australians who knew Europe
in wartime and now visit her in peacetime.
Despite the suffering, waste and hatred of
war, it must have been evident that the
protagonists, for example, Britain or France
or Germany, were among the most powerful
countries in the world. Those countries,
and Europe generally, still decided the
world's destiny to an extraordinary extent,
as Europe had done for many centuries.
America, Russia, China and Japan were
Mhe baklious f Westen Emops Whit waiting in the wings but Europe was still
on the stage. How different it is today.
European peoples are more prosperous than
The motor car and the TV set
ever before.
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are geberat.
But power in comparative terms,
and indeed in the sense of being master of
one's own destiny, has to a considerable
extent fled from Europe even though in
terms of human and economic potential
the Europeans, if they could only pool their
resources, would still be very formidable
indeed.
4. And indeed the European Communities,
which Britain has aspired to join these ten
years past, have shown that Europe is
capable of generating greater economic power
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