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... honor of inventing two of the most valuable institutions that ever blessed mankind , the Peace Society , and the Tem- perance Society ; and , if every American viewed them as I do , he would join them both immediately . " Dr. Reed , the ...
... honor of inventing two of the most valuable institutions that ever blessed mankind , the Peace Society , and the Tem- perance Society ; and , if every American viewed them as I do , he would join them both immediately . " Dr. Reed , the ...
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... honor of which we alone are the heirs . ” " This subject is immensely important to every nation . War multiplies the calamities of mankind . Several states are already converted , as it were , into a vast body of barracks ; and the ...
... honor of which we alone are the heirs . ” " This subject is immensely important to every nation . War multiplies the calamities of mankind . Several states are already converted , as it were , into a vast body of barracks ; and the ...
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... , that in times deeming themselves en- lightened , human beings should have been honored with public approval in the very proportion of the misery thev · . caused , and the mischiefs they perpetrated ; that TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
... , that in times deeming themselves en- lightened , human beings should have been honored with public approval in the very proportion of the misery thev · . caused , and the mischiefs they perpetrated ; that TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
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... honor ? The plea of the duellest ; and , when public sentiment shall be thoroughly Christianized , it will be as disgraceful for a nation to wage war , as it is now in New England to fight a duel . Necessary for the safety of nations ...
... honor ? The plea of the duellest ; and , when public sentiment shall be thoroughly Christianized , it will be as disgraceful for a nation to wage war , as it is now in New England to fight a duel . Necessary for the safety of nations ...
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... honor- able , or themselves willing to negotiate , or refer , or employ some other pacific expedients that might be used even more successfully before the war than after it . son . We cannot here dwell on these substitutes for war - ne ...
... honor- able , or themselves willing to negotiate , or refer , or employ some other pacific expedients that might be used even more successfully before the war than after it . son . We cannot here dwell on these substitutes for war - ne ...
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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