The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceSixty four tracts, compiled and edited by George C. Beckwith, corresponding secretaty of the American Peace Society. Each tract is separately as well as consecutively paged. |
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Erasmus , the morningstar of the Reformation , wrote in behalf of this cause with an eloquence worthy of the first scholar in Christendom ; and , though his voice was little heeded by the warring Christians of that age , the seed sown ...
Erasmus , the morningstar of the Reformation , wrote in behalf of this cause with an eloquence worthy of the first scholar in Christendom ; and , though his voice was little heeded by the warring Christians of that age , the seed sown ...
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In little more than twenty years preceding the commencement of our efforts , the wars of Christendom are supposed to have wasted more than $ 30,000,000,000 , and sacrificed no less than nine millions of lives ; but its general peace has ...
In little more than twenty years preceding the commencement of our efforts , the wars of Christendom are supposed to have wasted more than $ 30,000,000,000 , and sacrificed no less than nine millions of lives ; but its general peace has ...
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If it be said , that wars can never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strise continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea ...
If it be said , that wars can never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strise continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea ...
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We believe , too , that war can be banished entirely from Christian nations ; but we think specific means indispensable for the purpose , and the use of them incumbent on all cause OF ACTION . the inhabitants of Christendom , especially ...
We believe , too , that war can be banished entirely from Christian nations ; but we think specific means indispensable for the purpose , and the use of them incumbent on all cause OF ACTION . the inhabitants of Christendom , especially ...
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cause OF ACTION . the inhabitants of Christendom , especially on the professed disciples of the Prince of Peace . We differ , then , only on a single point of this great the moral character of wars strictly defensive .
cause OF ACTION . the inhabitants of Christendom , especially on the professed disciples of the Prince of Peace . We differ , then , only on a single point of this great the moral character of wars strictly defensive .
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| Title | The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace History of international law |
| Author | American Peace Society |
| Editor | George Cone Beckwith |
| Publisher | G.C.Beckwith, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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