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We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ; from the gardens of
intellect and learning in both hemispheres , from some of the best writers in the
last three centuries , from men of every faith , Protestant and Catholic , Orthodox
and ...
We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ; from the gardens of
intellect and learning in both hemispheres , from some of the best writers in the
last three centuries , from men of every faith , Protestant and Catholic , Orthodox
and ...
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We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ;from the gardens of
intellect and learning in both hemispheres , from some of the best writers in the
last three centuries , from men of every faith , Protestant and Catholic , Orthodox
and ...
We have also culled from a wide as well as luxuriant field ;from the gardens of
intellect and learning in both hemispheres , from some of the best writers in the
last three centuries , from men of every faith , Protestant and Catholic , Orthodox
and ...
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But the church , even before her union with the state under Constantine in the
fourth century , had sadly degenerated in this as in other respects ; and , ever
since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little
thought of ...
But the church , even before her union with the state under Constantine in the
fourth century , had sadly degenerated in this as in other respects ; and , ever
since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little
thought of ...
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It has not been applied for fifteen centuries ; and so long as Christians persist in
this neglect , we cannot expect to see peace coëxtensive with Christianity . But do
you ask what specific things must be done ? Let every inan cease from lending ...
It has not been applied for fifteen centuries ; and so long as Christians persist in
this neglect , we cannot expect to see peace coëxtensive with Christianity . But do
you ask what specific things must be done ? Let every inan cease from lending ...
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Were we to go to war for redress of the wrongs we have suffered , we should only
plunge deeper into loss , and disqualify ourselves for half a century more for
attaining the same end . These truths are palpable , and must in the progress of
time ...
Were we to go to war for redress of the wrongs we have suffered , we should only
plunge deeper into loss , and disqualify ourselves for half a century more for
attaining the same end . These truths are palpable , and must in the progress of
time ...
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