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Page iii
... reasons best known to themselves , do not join our Society , and though we have to bear the jests and sneers of those characters , who always ridicule great and benevolent undertakings , until they be- come popular , there is no serious ...
... reasons best known to themselves , do not join our Society , and though we have to bear the jests and sneers of those characters , who always ridicule great and benevolent undertakings , until they be- come popular , there is no serious ...
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... reason to think that my labours have not been in vain , and that I have not spent my strength for naught . A further inducement for me to continue my lucubrations is the paucity of books and writings , on permanent and universal peace ...
... reason to think that my labours have not been in vain , and that I have not spent my strength for naught . A further inducement for me to continue my lucubrations is the paucity of books and writings , on permanent and universal peace ...
Page vi
... reason the greater part of the Chris- tian world have thought it unnecessary to write or read ' on the subject . But though they acknowledge our principles , they deny our conclusions , and continue to practise in particular cases what ...
... reason the greater part of the Chris- tian world have thought it unnecessary to write or read ' on the subject . But though they acknowledge our principles , they deny our conclusions , and continue to practise in particular cases what ...
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... of war , we have reason to exclaim , " Lord , what is man that thou art mindful of him ! " The gir¬ cumstances attending the battle of Waterloo did not manifest greater SABBATH DAY VIOLATED IN WAR . 21 Sabbath violated in.
... of war , we have reason to exclaim , " Lord , what is man that thou art mindful of him ! " The gir¬ cumstances attending the battle of Waterloo did not manifest greater SABBATH DAY VIOLATED IN WAR . 21 Sabbath violated in.
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... reason to re- gret the resolution I then formed . Some may blame me , and with seeming justice , for ta- king so long a time for consideration , on what I now speak of as so very clear a point . I do not , however , regret this delay ...
... reason to re- gret the resolution I then formed . Some may blame me , and with seeming justice , for ta- king so long a time for consideration , on what I now speak of as so very clear a point . I do not , however , regret this delay ...
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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.