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... army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc . But how vast the multitude of its ...
... army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc . But how vast the multitude of its ...
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... army in the Russian campaign . On halting at night , the soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue . From such sufferings , and from the ...
... army in the Russian campaign . On halting at night , the soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue . From such sufferings , and from the ...
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... army after its capture is often doomed to every variety of suffering . A French army in Spain had no sooner grounded their arms , than multitudes were murdered in cold blood . Some were burnt alive , and all the survivors subjected to a ...
... army after its capture is often doomed to every variety of suffering . A French army in Spain had no sooner grounded their arms , than multitudes were murdered in cold blood . Some were burnt alive , and all the survivors subjected to a ...
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... army ? Are not soldiers notorious for their neglect of God ? Can war be any thing else than a vast nursery of irreligion ? Every man , whether a private , an officer , or even a chaplain , is bound by his oath to yield implicit obe ...
... army ? Are not soldiers notorious for their neglect of God ? Can war be any thing else than a vast nursery of irreligion ? Every man , whether a private , an officer , or even a chaplain , is bound by his oath to yield implicit obe ...
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... army is encamped , a war - ship moored , or city taken , he is permitted to indulge his lusts at will . In 1380 , some English troops , while wind - bound near Portsmouth , and waiting for provisions , forcibly carried off men's wives ...
... army is encamped , a war - ship moored , or city taken , he is permitted to indulge his lusts at will . In 1380 , some English troops , while wind - bound near Portsmouth , and waiting for provisions , forcibly carried off men's wives ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong