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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It may be said , for it has been , that its principles , if carried out , would lead to the utter exclusion of such articles ; but for such a conclusion , whether right or wrong , the friends of temperance do not , in their associated ...
It may be said , for it has been , that its principles , if carried out , would lead to the utter exclusion of such articles ; but for such a conclusion , whether right or wrong , the friends of temperance do not , in their associated ...
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... who had in the morning been moved by the piteous cries of those they carried , I saw in the evening so hardened by the repetition of the scene , and by fatigue , as to become indifferent to the sufferings they occasioned !
... who had in the morning been moved by the piteous cries of those they carried , I saw in the evening so hardened by the repetition of the scene , and by fatigue , as to become indifferent to the sufferings they occasioned !
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We must study their sentiments in those moments when , distracted by a thousand excruciating pains , yet still lingering in existence , they are carried off in heaps from the fatal field where they have been mowed down by the enemy .
We must study their sentiments in those moments when , distracted by a thousand excruciating pains , yet still lingering in existence , they are carried off in heaps from the fatal field where they have been mowed down by the enemy .
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They do not directly touch the vexed question concerning wars purely defensive ; but they are strong against the whole warsystem , and would , if carried into practice , entirely demolish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and ...
They do not directly touch the vexed question concerning wars purely defensive ; but they are strong against the whole warsystem , and would , if carried into practice , entirely demolish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and ...
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In 1380 , some English troops , while wind - bound near Portsmouth , and waiting for provisions , forcibly carried off men's wives and daughters ; and , among other outrages , their commander went to a nunnery , and demanded admittance ...
In 1380 , some English troops , while wind - bound near Portsmouth , and waiting for provisions , forcibly carried off men's wives and daughters ; and , among other outrages , their commander went to a nunnery , and demanded admittance ...
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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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