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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Some had lost their hearing , others their speech ; and many , by excessive cold and hunger , were reduced to such a state of stupid frenzy , that they roasted the dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms .
Some had lost their hearing , others their speech ; and many , by excessive cold and hunger , were reduced to such a state of stupid frenzy , that they roasted the dead bodies for food , and even gnawed their own hands and arms .
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“ I was wounded , " said he , “ on the day of the great battle ; and finding myself in a lonely place , where I could gain no assistance , I dragged myself with my hands to the brink of a rivulet , and have lived nearly two months on ...
“ I was wounded , " said he , “ on the day of the great battle ; and finding myself in a lonely place , where I could gain no assistance , I dragged myself with my hands to the brink of a rivulet , and have lived nearly two months on ...
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“ All our noble studies , all our reputation at the bar , all our professional assiduities , are stricken from our hands as soon as the alarm of war is sounded . Wisdom itself , the mistress of affairs , is driven from the field .
“ All our noble studies , all our reputation at the bar , all our professional assiduities , are stricken from our hands as soon as the alarm of war is sounded . Wisdom itself , the mistress of affairs , is driven from the field .
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... and peace be made , as a part of our religion , to go hand in hand with the gospel over the whole earth , and the ... and an impious limitation of His power who hath the hearts of all entirely in his hands , and doeth his pleasure ...
... and peace be made , as a part of our religion , to go hand in hand with the gospel over the whole earth , and the ... and an impious limitation of His power who hath the hearts of all entirely in his hands , and doeth his pleasure ...
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A war without human hearts to will it , or human hands to carry it on ! Is it not so entirely dependent on the will of men as to come and go just at their bidding ? Is there any physical necessity which compels them , whether they will ...
A war without human hearts to will it , or human hands to carry it on ! Is it not so entirely dependent on the will of men as to come and go just at their bidding ? Is there any physical necessity which compels them , whether they will ...
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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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