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... death , but conflict between governments alone ; and neither a parent or teacher chastising his child or his pupil , nor a father defending his family against the midnight assassin , nor a traveller resisting the highway robber , nor a ...
... death , but conflict between governments alone ; and neither a parent or teacher chastising his child or his pupil , nor a father defending his family against the midnight assassin , nor a traveller resisting the highway robber , nor a ...
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... death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the ...
... death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the ...
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... death ; and on those ramparts where subterraneous explosion announces , that they are in an instant to be buried under a tremendous heap of stones and rubbish . But the earth has covered them , the sea has swallowed them up , and we ...
... death ; and on those ramparts where subterraneous explosion announces , that they are in an instant to be buried under a tremendous heap of stones and rubbish . But the earth has covered them , the sea has swallowed them up , and we ...
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... death - blow . It were easy to multiply examples ; but why allude to in- temperance , and persecution , and ... death at pleasure . Kings and nobles , women and children of high birth , chained to the victor's car , were dragged in ...
... death - blow . It were easy to multiply examples ; but why allude to in- temperance , and persecution , and ... death at pleasure . Kings and nobles , women and children of high birth , chained to the victor's car , were dragged in ...
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... death if he ever refused to kill any one they should bid , there would be a pretty close analogy between his case and that of the professed soldier . But the assassin's posi- tion was not so terrible . The soldier must kill whomsoever ...
... death if he ever refused to kill any one they should bid , there would be a pretty close analogy between his case and that of the professed soldier . But the assassin's posi- tion was not so terrible . The soldier must kill whomsoever ...
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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