The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace |
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... custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf of this cause with an eloquence worthy of the first scholar in Christendom ...
... custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf of this cause with an eloquence worthy of the first scholar in Christendom ...
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... not nations alone . The cause of peace is not encumbered with such cases , but confines itself to the single object of abolishing the custom of international war . - III . COMMON PRINCIPLES , OR BASIS OF UNION THE CAUSE OF PEACE . 3.
... not nations alone . The cause of peace is not encumbered with such cases , but confines itself to the single object of abolishing the custom of international war . - III . COMMON PRINCIPLES , OR BASIS OF UNION THE CAUSE OF PEACE . 3.
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... custom as it is now in New England against the kindred practice of duelling , rulers would soon find means enough to settle their differences without the sword . We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of ...
... custom as it is now in New England against the kindred practice of duelling , rulers would soon find means enough to settle their differences without the sword . We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of ...
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... custom impossible by the right use of the requisite means ; and the promises of God make its ultimate abolition perfectly certain . It shall come to pass in the last days , that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in ...
... custom impossible by the right use of the requisite means ; and the promises of God make its ultimate abolition perfectly certain . It shall come to pass in the last days , that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in ...
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... custom into general contempt and exe- cration , as a mass of folly , sin , and misery . Such a process would soon bring war in Christendom to a perpetual end . How much longer , then , will the friends of God and man slumber over this ...
... custom into general contempt and exe- cration , as a mass of folly , sin , and misery . Such a process would soon bring war in Christendom to a perpetual end . How much longer , then , will the friends of God and man slumber over this ...
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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