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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... were so strictly put in practice by the early Christians , that not a few of them went to the stake rather than bear arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace .
... were so strictly put in practice by the early Christians , that not a few of them went to the stake rather than bear arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace .
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But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought to bear first upon individuals , in rectifying their views on this subject , and in forming such a public sentiment as shall discard ...
But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought to bear first upon individuals , in rectifying their views on this subject , and in forming such a public sentiment as shall discard ...
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The least complaint brings them to the gangway ; and sometimes a sailor is sentenced to receive five hundred , and even a thousand lashes , to be inflicted day after day , as he may be able to bear them . He is attended at each whipping ...
The least complaint brings them to the gangway ; and sometimes a sailor is sentenced to receive five hundred , and even a thousand lashes , to be inflicted day after day , as he may be able to bear them . He is attended at each whipping ...
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Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . It is their earnings that are wasted , their blood that is poured out like water , their ...
Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . It is their earnings that are wasted , their blood that is poured out like water , their ...
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Force bears sway . The statesman is despised ; the grim soldier alone is caressed . Legal proceedings cease . Claims are asserted and prosecuted , not according to law , but by force of arms . SENECA , the great moralist of antiquity ...
Force bears sway . The statesman is despised ; the grim soldier alone is caressed . Legal proceedings cease . Claims are asserted and prosecuted , not according to law , but by force of arms . SENECA , the great moralist of antiquity ...
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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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