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 68
He allowed no punishment on board except what he inflicted himself ; but he sometimes went far beyond the law in punishing petty offences . When we were at the Falkland Islands , the men were put on allowance in consequence of the ...
He allowed no punishment on board except what he inflicted himself ; but he sometimes went far beyond the law in punishing petty offences . When we were at the Falkland Islands , the men were put on allowance in consequence of the ...
Page 86
During the march , having no provisions to give them , they were Serded together like beasts , and were not allowed on any pretext to quit the narrow limits assigned them . Without fire , perishing with cold , they lay on the bare ice .
During the march , having no provisions to give them , they were Serded together like beasts , and were not allowed on any pretext to quit the narrow limits assigned them . Without fire , perishing with cold , they lay on the bare ice .
Page 94
Ilere is sound good sense ; nor do we see why it should not be applied to peace , and all its professed friends be allowed to retain their present views , and still co - operate for their common object . There are points of coincidence ...
Ilere is sound good sense ; nor do we see why it should not be applied to peace , and all its professed friends be allowed to retain their present views , and still co - operate for their common object . There are points of coincidence ...
Page 98
Was not every one allowed without complaint to urge ' his own arguments ? Did the leaders lay down a single principle as a criterion , and insist that none but believers in that principle should co - operate with them ?
Was not every one allowed without complaint to urge ' his own arguments ? Did the leaders lay down a single principle as a criterion , and insist that none but believers in that principle should co - operate with them ?
Page 100
Associated solely for the abolition of international war , they should be pledged only to that end , and allowed to retain each his own opinions , and to labor for their common object in such ways as they respectively prefer , without ...
Associated solely for the abolition of international war , they should be pledged only to that end , and allowed to retain each his own opinions , and to labor for their common object in such ways as they respectively prefer , without ...
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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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