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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... and difficulties , which would then have involved nations in conflict , have frequently been settled with scarce a thought of shedding each other's blood for the purpose . Leading cabinets have become far more pacific than formerly ...
... and difficulties , which would then have involved nations in conflict , have frequently been settled with scarce a thought of shedding each other's blood for the purpose . Leading cabinets have become far more pacific than formerly ...
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When the parties become too much excited to adjust the matter themselves , they may refer it to an umpire mutually chosen ; and this expedient alone , if properly used , would prevent more than nine wars in ten . -3 . Mediation .
When the parties become too much excited to adjust the matter themselves , they may refer it to an umpire mutually chosen ; and this expedient alone , if properly used , would prevent more than nine wars in ten . -3 . Mediation .
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... howled around us , as if impatient for the moment when we should become their prey , and often contended with the soldiers for the dead horses which were left on the road . ' * Every day furnished scenes too painful to relate .
... howled around us , as if impatient for the moment when we should become their prey , and often contended with the soldiers for the dead horses which were left on the road . ' * Every day furnished scenes too painful to relate .
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... and by fatigue , as to become indifferent to the sufferings they occasioned ! ' • It was now the thirteenth day after the battle . It is impossible to conceive the sufferings of men rudely carried at such a period of their wounds .
... and by fatigue , as to become indifferent to the sufferings they occasioned ! ' • It was now the thirteenth day after the battle . It is impossible to conceive the sufferings of men rudely carried at such a period of their wounds .
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It has always resulted from a public opinion grossly perverted ; this opinion in favor of war must be radically changed , before peace can become permanent or general ; and , among other means adapted to produce such a change , we wish ...
It has always resulted from a public opinion grossly perverted ; this opinion in favor of war must be radically changed , before peace can become permanent or general ; and , among other means adapted to produce such a change , we wish ...
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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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