Excerpt from Political and Social Conditions in Slovene Lands: Carolina, Carinthia, Illyrina Littoral and Styria It is a political principle of the past, that only States which are organised as sovereign units, even though their coherence be due solely to force, can be juridic individualities in international relations, and enjoy the protection of international law. Since the Great Revo lution, sundry nationalities have developed and attained a civilization of their own, even while forming part of one of the large and forcibly united political organisa tions, such as austria-hungary for instance. A time must come when these nationalities, encouraged by their own initiative and creative work, aspire to play their part in the political and social life of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.