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Page 84
... Congress of Panama as one of the links in that great chain of events , by which Providence designs to bind all the na- tions of Christendom , -which will be , final ly , all the nations in the world , in one grand bond of permanent and ...
... Congress of Panama as one of the links in that great chain of events , by which Providence designs to bind all the na- tions of Christendom , -which will be , final ly , all the nations in the world , in one grand bond of permanent and ...
Page 85
... congress , as have been enter- tained by the friends of peace ever since its first proposal . He adds- " But objects of the highest importance , not only to the future welfare of the whole hu- man 8 THE PANAMA MISSION . 85.
... congress , as have been enter- tained by the friends of peace ever since its first proposal . He adds- " But objects of the highest importance , not only to the future welfare of the whole hu- man 8 THE PANAMA MISSION . 85.
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... Congress of Panama , whether we are represented there or not.- Others , if we are represented , may be offer- éd by our Plenipotentiaries , for considera- tion , having in view both these great results , our own interests , and the ...
... Congress of Panama , whether we are represented there or not.- Others , if we are represented , may be offer- éd by our Plenipotentiaries , for considera- tion , having in view both these great results , our own interests , and the ...
Page 88
... congress . If we consider how many wars the slave trade has occasioned in Africa , and how many wars the colonial sys- tem has caused in Europe and America , we must acknowledge that the abolition of that trade would be the prevention ...
... congress . If we consider how many wars the slave trade has occasioned in Africa , and how many wars the colonial sys- tem has caused in Europe and America , we must acknowledge that the abolition of that trade would be the prevention ...
Page 89
... congress of all the nations of Christendom , where all points of internation- al law shall be settled by statute , and no lon- ger depend on the conflicting opinions of civilians , and where there may be a power competent to try and ...
... congress of all the nations of Christendom , where all points of internation- al law shall be settled by statute , and no lon- ger depend on the conflicting opinions of civilians , and where there may be a power competent to try and ...
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Page 158 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 131 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home - taxes on the raw material - taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health - on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal - on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice - on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride...
Page 181 - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas — a remnant of the ancient piracy — though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
Page 132 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Page 131 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
Page 110 - The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with...
Page 111 - But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations...
Page 12 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 11 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 182 - ... who, besides, spend what they get in riot, drunkenness, and debauchery, lose their habits of industry, are rarely fit for any sober business after a peace, and serve only to increase the number of highwaymen and housebreakers.