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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Page 4
... “ Such indeed was the spirit in which the negotiation was entered into , and the corresponding settlements conducted , that for the space of more than seventy years , and so long indeed as the Quakers retained the chief power in the ...
... “ Such indeed was the spirit in which the negotiation was entered into , and the corresponding settlements conducted , that for the space of more than seventy years , and so long indeed as the Quakers retained the chief power in the ...
Page 9
Since that time , none have been so faithful witnesses to the pacific spirit of the religion of Jesus as the Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans ...
Since that time , none have been so faithful witnesses to the pacific spirit of the religion of Jesus as the Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans ...
Page 105
Time was , nor long ago , when warriors received the admiration of the world ; when there was scarce an advocate of peace besides the Quakers , Moravians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the ...
Time was , nor long ago , when warriors received the admiration of the world ; when there was scarce an advocate of peace besides the Quakers , Moravians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the ...
Page 146
... laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of huinan life in any case.—AM. ED . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
... laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of huinan life in any case.—AM. ED . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
Page 215
... it would startle few , if any prejudices ; it can offend neither the strong nor the moderate peace - man , neither the Quaker nor the warrior ; it is adapted to the present state of the world , and consistent alike with the precepts ...
... it would startle few , if any prejudices ; it can offend neither the strong nor the moderate peace - man , neither the Quaker nor the warrior ; it is adapted to the present state of the world , and consistent alike with the precepts ...
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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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