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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We agree in our views concerning the moral character of nearly all the wars that have ever occurred . We unite in condemning every war of pride or jealousy , of avarice or ambition , of revenge , prevention , or redress ; and few ...
We agree in our views concerning the moral character of nearly all the wars that have ever occurred . We unite in condemning every war of pride or jealousy , of avarice or ambition , of revenge , prevention , or redress ; and few ...
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We differ , then , only on a single point of this great the moral character of wars strictly defensive . Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few ...
We differ , then , only on a single point of this great the moral character of wars strictly defensive . Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few ...
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They mould the character of the young ; and , if they will infuse the principles of peace into every mind under their care , wars must of necessity cease with the very next generation . -6 . The formation of peace societies we do not ...
They mould the character of the young ; and , if they will infuse the principles of peace into every mind under their care , wars must of necessity cease with the very next generation . -6 . The formation of peace societies we do not ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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I deem it to include all others violence , blood , rapine , fraud , every thing which can deform the character , alter the nature , and debase the name of man . " were more accusPHILOSOPHERS . We need not quote largely from philosophers ...
I deem it to include all others violence , blood , rapine , fraud , every thing which can deform the character , alter the nature , and debase the name of man . " were more accusPHILOSOPHERS . We need not quote largely from philosophers ...
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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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