The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceSixty four tracts, compiled and edited by George C. Beckwith, corresponding secretaty of the American Peace Society. Each tract is separately as well as consecutively paged. |
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“ But how is it possible to give you an idea of its horrors ? Here you behold rich harvests , the bounty of heaven , and the reward of industry , consumed in a moment , or trampled under foot , while famine and pestilence follow in the ...
“ But how is it possible to give you an idea of its horrors ? Here you behold rich harvests , the bounty of heaven , and the reward of industry , consumed in a moment , or trampled under foot , while famine and pestilence follow in the ...
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He is not permitted to follow his conscience . A British officer was once cashiered by Protestants for refusing to join in what he deemed the idolatries of Popery ; nor must soldiers scruple , at the bidding of a superior , to commit ...
He is not permitted to follow his conscience . A British officer was once cashiered by Protestants for refusing to join in what he deemed the idolatries of Popery ; nor must soldiers scruple , at the bidding of a superior , to commit ...
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Hitherto , those who deny themselves , take up their cross , and follow Christ , have been few in number compared with the ungodly ; and their strength has not lain among those classes in society ...
Hitherto , those who deny themselves , take up their cross , and follow Christ , have been few in number compared with the ungodly ; and their strength has not lain among those classes in society ...
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His flesh creeps ; it reddens as if blushing at the indignity ; the sufferer groans ; lash follows lash , until the first mate , wearied with the cruel employment , gives place to a second . Now two dozen of these dreadful lashes have ...
His flesh creeps ; it reddens as if blushing at the indignity ; the sufferer groans ; lash follows lash , until the first mate , wearied with the cruel employment , gives place to a second . Now two dozen of these dreadful lashes have ...
Page 69
“ No plea of necessity can be successfully urged in behalf of whipping men ; for , if subordination is expected to follow such terrible examples , I know , from my acquaintance with 69 5 MILITARY DISCIPLINE .
“ No plea of necessity can be successfully urged in behalf of whipping men ; for , if subordination is expected to follow such terrible examples , I know , from my acquaintance with 69 5 MILITARY DISCIPLINE .
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| Title | The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace History of international law |
| Author | American Peace Society |
| Editor | George Cone Beckwith |
| Publisher | G.C.Beckwith, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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