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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He wore , as a winding - sheet , a white cotton gown , having over the place of his heart the black image of a heart , as a mark for the executioners to aim at . His countenance was as pale as his winding - sheet , and his whole frame ...
He wore , as a winding - sheet , a white cotton gown , having over the place of his heart the black image of a heart , as a mark for the executioners to aim at . His countenance was as pale as his winding - sheet , and his whole frame ...
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But would you like to have a gang of men burn your dwelling over your head , butcher your whole family , and then send a bullet or a bayonet through your own heart ? This is the whole business of war ; its grand maxim is to do unto ...
But would you like to have a gang of men burn your dwelling over your head , butcher your whole family , and then send a bullet or a bayonet through your own heart ? This is the whole business of war ; its grand maxim is to do unto ...
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In his intellect , his conscience , his heart ? ... and an impious limitation of His power who hath the hearts of all entirely in his hands , and doeth his pleasure alike in the armies of heaven , and among the inhabitants of the earth ...
In his intellect , his conscience , his heart ? ... and an impious limitation of His power who hath the hearts of all entirely in his hands , and doeth his pleasure alike in the armies of heaven , and among the inhabitants of the earth ...
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Private or feudal wars , once waged between the petty chieftains of Europe , and frequently occasioning even more misehief than flows now from the collision of empires , continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a ...
Private or feudal wars , once waged between the petty chieftains of Europe , and frequently occasioning even more misehief than flows now from the collision of empires , continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a ...
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“ I think , ” said the general , " I can feel forgiveness in my heart towards my enemy , while I am shooting and stabbing ... into the hearts of your enemies ; and it may be the object of your review to perfect yourselves in this art .
“ I think , ” said the general , " I can feel forgiveness in my heart towards my enemy , while I am shooting and stabbing ... into the hearts of your enemies ; and it may be the object of your review to perfect yourselves in this art .
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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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