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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... of law upon a criminal , can properly be called war , both because in most of these cases there is really no conflict , and because the parties in them all are either individuals , or government and individuals , not nations alone .
... of law upon a criminal , can properly be called war , both because in most of these cases there is really no conflict , and because the parties in them all are either individuals , or government and individuals , not nations alone .
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Even wars called defensive , not a few of us regard as in all cases contrary to the gospel , and none of us allow them except as a last resort for the preservation of life ; for , if any other expedient , any amount of injury short of ...
Even wars called defensive , not a few of us regard as in all cases contrary to the gospel , and none of us allow them except as a last resort for the preservation of life ; for , if any other expedient , any amount of injury short of ...
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Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few that any friend of peace would attempt to justify . We may disagree concerning the strict inviolability of ...
Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few that any friend of peace would attempt to justify . We may disagree concerning the strict inviolability of ...
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Will you try to rectify those of all the persons under your care or influence ? Will you pray ? Will you contribute ? Will you do all you can ? “ Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall be called the children of God .
Will you try to rectify those of all the persons under your care or influence ? Will you pray ? Will you contribute ? Will you do all you can ? “ Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall be called the children of God .
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They have little or no protection against hourly abuse , insult , and violence , nor any adequate security for life itself against the lawless passions of officers seldom called to account in war for the worst treatment of soldiers .
They have little or no protection against hourly abuse , insult , and violence , nor any adequate security for life itself against the lawless passions of officers seldom called to account in war for the worst treatment of soldiers .
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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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