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... dead on a single field ; and the Old Testament records an instance where one side lost 500,000 . * We shudder at the thought of Alexander's sacrificing three millions of lives ; but his successors occasioned the destruction of twenty ...
... dead on a single field ; and the Old Testament records an instance where one side lost 500,000 . * We shudder at the thought of Alexander's sacrificing three millions of lives ; but his successors occasioned the destruction of twenty ...
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... dead horses which were left on the road . ' ' Every day furnished scenes too painful to relate . The road was covered with soldiers who no longer retained the 1 " human form . Some had lost their hearing 2 A * WHAT IT IS , AND WHAT IT ...
... dead horses which were left on the road . ' ' Every day furnished scenes too painful to relate . The road was covered with soldiers who no longer retained the 1 " human form . Some had lost their hearing 2 A * WHAT IT IS , AND WHAT IT ...
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... dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms . Some , too weak to lift a piece of wood , or roll a stone towards the fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn ...
... dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms . Some , too weak to lift a piece of wood , or roll a stone towards the fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn ...
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... dead bodies . At night I have lain in the carcasses of dead horses ; and with the flesh of these animals I have dressed my wounds . " 22 2 Even a hospital is scarcely less terrible . An eminent surgeon , present in the hospitals after ...
... dead bodies . At night I have lain in the carcasses of dead horses ; and with the flesh of these animals I have dressed my wounds . " 22 2 Even a hospital is scarcely less terrible . An eminent surgeon , present in the hospitals after ...
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... dead bodies hospitals crowded with sick and wounded soldiers mothers in besieged towns villages on fire eating the flesh of their children - ships sinking in the ocean rivers dyed with blood — and extensive plains without a tree , or ...
... dead bodies hospitals crowded with sick and wounded soldiers mothers in besieged towns villages on fire eating the flesh of their children - ships sinking in the ocean rivers dyed with blood — and extensive plains without a tree , or ...
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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