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Page 9
... belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ap- pointed to adjust the demands of British merchants for property destroyed by Denmark alone during the late wars of Europe , received claims to the amount of about No. II .
... belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ap- pointed to adjust the demands of British merchants for property destroyed by Denmark alone during the late wars of Europe , received claims to the amount of about No. II .
Page 11
... destroy vastly more than the sword . Often has a single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is ...
... destroy vastly more than the sword . Often has a single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is ...
Page 4
... destroy- ing as war . A whole city on fire is a spectacle replete with horror ; but a whole kingdom on fire must be a prospect much more terrible . And such is every kingdom in war , where nothing flourishes but rapine , blood and ...
... destroy- ing as war . A whole city on fire is a spectacle replete with horror ; but a whole kingdom on fire must be a prospect much more terrible . And such is every kingdom in war , where nothing flourishes but rapine , blood and ...
Page 8
... destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ? Robbery , blood , butchery , desola ...
... destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ? Robbery , blood , butchery , desola ...
Page 2
... destroy , is the soldier's professed business ! At Hamburg , 40,000 persons were driven from their homes without ... destroyed every building for leagues together ; and around Leipsic nothing was spared , neither the ox , nor the calf ...
... destroy , is the soldier's professed business ! At Hamburg , 40,000 persons were driven from their homes without ... destroyed every building for leagues together ; and around Leipsic nothing was spared , neither the ox , nor the calf ...
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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