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Page 11
... fire ; and there the body lay , with the head sending forth the mingled fumes of burning cotton and hair . The soldiers , after passing close by the corpse in a line to let every one see for himself the fate of a deserter , marched back ...
... fire ; and there the body lay , with the head sending forth the mingled fumes of burning cotton and hair . The soldiers , after passing close by the corpse in a line to let every one see for himself the fate of a deserter , marched back ...
Page 14
... fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by the side of those on whom they had been seated . Many , in a state of ...
... fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by the side of those on whom they had been seated . Many , in a state of ...
Page 15
... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
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... fire is a spectacle replete with horror ; but a whole kingdom on fire must be a prospect much more terrible . And such is every kingdom in war , where nothing flourishes but rapine , blood and murder . We cannot make a more lively ...
... fire is a spectacle replete with horror ; but a whole kingdom on fire must be a prospect much more terrible . And such is every kingdom in war , where nothing flourishes but rapine , blood and murder . We cannot make a more lively ...
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... fire , in which there is but a moment between them and the most cruel death ; and on those ramparts where subterraneous explosion announces , that they are in an instant to be buried under a tremendous heap of stones and rubbish . But ...
... fire , in which there is but a moment between them and the most cruel death ; and on those ramparts where subterraneous explosion announces , that they are in an instant to be buried under a tremendous heap of stones and rubbish . But ...
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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