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Page 68
... common sense , to say , if there is any good in the militia system , which will counterbal- ance abominations like this . NO . 12 . SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED . The evil tendency and utter inutility of the Militia System being pretty ...
... common sense , to say , if there is any good in the militia system , which will counterbal- ance abominations like this . NO . 12 . SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED . The evil tendency and utter inutility of the Militia System being pretty ...
Page 81
... common in this country , where the stronger party always finds an excuse for making war on the weaker , not unfrequently carrying off whole towns of miserable inoffensive beings , without either any previous intimation of their hostile ...
... common in this country , where the stronger party always finds an excuse for making war on the weaker , not unfrequently carrying off whole towns of miserable inoffensive beings , without either any previous intimation of their hostile ...
Page 95
... common to the whole world . Hence it was not until the reformation had obtained " a form and pressure ” —until reformers began to preach about general duties and the pre- cepts of the gospel , that they began to turn their attention to ...
... common to the whole world . Hence it was not until the reformation had obtained " a form and pressure ” —until reformers began to preach about general duties and the pre- cepts of the gospel , that they began to turn their attention to ...
Page 120
... common principle , that honesty is the best policy , will in time , influence the proceedings of nations , as well as individuals ; that we shall at length , be sensible , that war is an instrument , entirely inefficient toward ...
... common principle , that honesty is the best policy , will in time , influence the proceedings of nations , as well as individuals ; that we shall at length , be sensible , that war is an instrument , entirely inefficient toward ...
Page 133
... the same in forest and city , and that the love of military fame , - while it is the most baleful and destructive passion of the human mind , is also the most common , the most selfish , and the basest of 12 WARS OF THE OSAGES . 133.
... the same in forest and city , and that the love of military fame , - while it is the most baleful and destructive passion of the human mind , is also the most common , the most selfish , and the basest of 12 WARS OF THE OSAGES . 133.
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