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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Hardly any references are given , because they could not be without occupying too much space for such a work ; but we have authority , good and ample , for the most astounding statements in this volume , and our readers may rely on the ...
Hardly any references are given , because they could not be without occupying too much space for such a work ; but we have authority , good and ample , for the most astounding statements in this volume , and our readers may rely on the ...
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Hardly any references are given , because they could not be without occupying too much space for such a work ; but we have authority , good and ample , for the most astounding statements in this volume , and our readers may rely on the ...
Hardly any references are given , because they could not be without occupying too much space for such a work ; but we have authority , good and ample , for the most astounding statements in this volume , and our readers may rely on the ...
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Dress a man in particular garments , call him by a particular name ; and he shall have authority , on divers occasions , to commit every species of offence— to pillage , to murder , to destroy human felicity ; and , for so doing ...
Dress a man in particular garments , call him by a particular name ; and he shall have authority , on divers occasions , to commit every species of offence— to pillage , to murder , to destroy human felicity ; and , for so doing ...
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To abstain from doing injury to men of other countries , will have equal authority over his conscience , as not to commit adultery , and not to be guilty of sacrilege . To exercise benevolence towards all , and to endeavor , by every ...
To abstain from doing injury to men of other countries , will have equal authority over his conscience , as not to commit adultery , and not to be guilty of sacrilege . To exercise benevolence towards all , and to endeavor , by every ...
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The natural force of these principles will recommend them to men of intelligence , their excellence to philanthropists , and their claims of submission from the authority of God , to all who regulate their conduct by the Divine will .
The natural force of these principles will recommend them to men of intelligence , their excellence to philanthropists , and their claims of submission from the authority of God , to all who regulate their conduct by the Divine will .
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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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