The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace |
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Page 15
... continued to be brought in for several successive days ; and the British soldiers , 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 ...
... continued to be brought in for several successive days ; and the British soldiers , 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 ...
Page 1
... continued , its fortifications constructed , all its la- bors exacted , all its recreations indulged , quite as much on this as any other day of the week . It is the chosen time for special and splendid reviews ; all the millions of sol ...
... continued , its fortifications constructed , all its la- bors exacted , all its recreations indulged , quite as much on this as any other day of the week . It is the chosen time for special and splendid reviews ; all the millions of sol ...
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... continued so long , then every form of idolatry , all the bar- barous customs of our own ancestors , all the errors and sins of past ages , must have remained to this hour . War neces- sary because nations recognize no other arbiter of ...
... continued so long , then every form of idolatry , all the bar- barous customs of our own ancestors , all the errors and sins of past ages , must have remained to this hour . War neces- sary because nations recognize no other arbiter of ...
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... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
Page 7
... continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a scene of confusion and terror . There was no safety , no repose . Every baron claimed the right , just as nations now do , of warring against his neigh- bor at pleasure ...
... continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a scene of confusion and terror . There was no safety , no repose . Every baron claimed the right , just as nations now do , of warring against his neigh- bor at pleasure ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong