Essays on Peace & War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Me. New Series |
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... hands . I know that these Essays , weak and inadequate as they are , have had the ef- fect of changing the opinions of many , not only as to the folly and wickedness of the custom of War , but also , as to the probability of its final ...
... hands . I know that these Essays , weak and inadequate as they are , have had the ef- fect of changing the opinions of many , not only as to the folly and wickedness of the custom of War , but also , as to the probability of its final ...
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... hand with a smile , began- " Mr . Payne , to err sometimes is nature , to rectify error is always glory . I believe I was wrong in the affair of yesterday ; you have had , I think , some satisfaction ; and if you deem that sufficient ...
... hand with a smile , began- " Mr . Payne , to err sometimes is nature , to rectify error is always glory . I believe I was wrong in the affair of yesterday ; you have had , I think , some satisfaction ; and if you deem that sufficient ...
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... evil , and who chose rather to die by the hand of the public executioner , than to do that which appeared to them to be wrong . Now we intend to furnish the reader with such knowledge 26 PRACTICE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS .
... evil , and who chose rather to die by the hand of the public executioner , than to do that which appeared to them to be wrong . Now we intend to furnish the reader with such knowledge 26 PRACTICE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS .
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... hand , that they had declined the mili- tary profession , as one in which it was not lawful for them to engage . " This is proved by four kinds of evidence . 1. Historical facts . 2. Expressions of certain authors of those early times ...
... hand , that they had declined the mili- tary profession , as one in which it was not lawful for them to engage . " This is proved by four kinds of evidence . 1. Historical facts . 2. Expressions of certain authors of those early times ...
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... hand of the executioner , sooner than engage in war , —as the following : “ Maximilian having been brought before the tribunal , in order to be enrolled as a sol- dier , Dion , the Pro - consul , asked him his name . Maximilian ...
... hand of the executioner , sooner than engage in war , —as the following : “ Maximilian having been brought before the tribunal , in order to be enrolled as a sol- dier , Dion , the Pro - consul , asked him his name . Maximilian ...
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