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Page 11
... with a horrid scream , leaped from the earth , and fell between his coffin and his
grave . The sergeant , to insure immediate death , shot him through the head ,
holding his musket so near that the cap took fire ; and there the body lay , with the
...
... with a horrid scream , leaped from the earth , and fell between his coffin and his
grave . The sergeant , to insure immediate death , shot him through the head ,
holding his musket so near that the cap took fire ; and there the body lay , with the
...
Page 14
Some had lost their hearing , others their speech ; and many , by excessive cold
and hunger , were reduced to such a state of stupid frenzy , that they roasted the
dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms . Some , too ...
Some had lost their hearing , others their speech ; and many , by excessive cold
and hunger , were reduced to such a state of stupid frenzy , that they roasted the
dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms . Some , too ...
Page 15
... myself in a lonely place , where I could gain no assistance , I dragged myself
with my hands to the brink of a rivulet , and have lived nearly two months on
grass and roots , and a few pieces of bread which I found among the dead bodies
.
... myself in a lonely place , where I could gain no assistance , I dragged myself
with my hands to the brink of a rivulet , and have lived nearly two months on
grass and roots , and a few pieces of bread which I found among the dead bodies
.
Page 12
We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them once
more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his
disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of
war ...
We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them once
more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his
disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of
war ...
Page 5
While we walk over mutilated bodies , and shattered bones , we exult in the glory
and honor of which we alone are the ... Several states are already converted , as
it were , into a vast body of barracks ; and the successive augmentation of ...
While we walk over mutilated bodies , and shattered bones , we exult in the glory
and honor of which we alone are the ... Several states are already converted , as
it were , into a vast body of barracks ; and the successive augmentation of ...
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