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... whole range of morals , theology , or general literature , can there be found finer specimens of taste and eloquence . We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ; - from the gardens of intellect and learning in both ...
... whole range of morals , theology , or general literature , can there be found finer specimens of taste and eloquence . We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ; - from the gardens of intellect and learning in both ...
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... whole world the light of their own consistent example . Let them do only these things , and war would soon cease from Christendom forever . - 4 . We would also solicit the aid of pious parents , of teachers in Sabbath schools , and ...
... whole world the light of their own consistent example . Let them do only these things , and war would soon cease from Christendom forever . - 4 . We would also solicit the aid of pious parents , of teachers in Sabbath schools , and ...
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... whole civil list , and about ten times as much as for all the other purposes of our government . From 1791 to 1832 , the aggregate of our expenditures , with less than three years of actual warfare , was $ 842,250,891 ; and merely ...
... whole civil list , and about ten times as much as for all the other purposes of our government . From 1791 to 1832 , the aggregate of our expenditures , with less than three years of actual warfare , was $ 842,250,891 ; and merely ...
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... whole frame trembled with agony . His grave was dug , the coffin placed by its side , and the deserter , with a cap drawn over his eyes , required to kneel upon the lid . At this signal , the eight soldiers , drawn by lot for the bloody ...
... whole frame trembled with agony . His grave was dug , the coffin placed by its side , and the deserter , with a cap drawn over his eyes , required to kneel upon the lid . At this signal , the eight soldiers , drawn by lot for the bloody ...
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... whole city on 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 ...
... whole city on 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 ...
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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