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... millions of lives ; but its general peace has been preserved since 1815 by the various agencies and influ- ences which constitute the cause of peace . The sentiments of the civilized world on this subject are very different now from ...
... millions of lives ; but its general peace has been preserved since 1815 by the various agencies and influ- ences which constitute the cause of peace . The sentiments of the civilized world on this subject are very different now from ...
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... millions of dollars ; and a war suddenly occurring would probably have found afloat on the ocean more than twice that amount destined to the same port , and one or two hundred millions belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ...
... millions of dollars ; and a war suddenly occurring would probably have found afloat on the ocean more than twice that amount destined to the same port , and one or two hundred millions belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ...
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... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
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... millions , the Saracens , sixty millions , and the cru- sades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS !! III . Glance , now , at some of the PERSONAL SUFFERINGS incident to war . Think of the violence practised in pro- curing ...
... millions , the Saracens , sixty millions , and the cru- sades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS !! III . Glance , now , at some of the PERSONAL SUFFERINGS incident to war . Think of the violence practised in pro- curing ...
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... millions of our fellow - creatures ? - Won- derful has been the progress of human improvement in other respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals ...
... millions of our fellow - creatures ? - Won- derful has been the progress of human improvement in other respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals ...
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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