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In little more than twenty years preceding the commencement of our efforts , the
wars of Christendom are supposed to have wasted more than $ 30 , 000 , 000 ,
000 , and sacrificed no less than nine millions of lives ; but its general peace has
...
In little more than twenty years preceding the commencement of our efforts , the
wars of Christendom are supposed to have wasted more than $ 30 , 000 , 000 ,
000 , and sacrificed no less than nine millions of lives ; but its general peace has
...
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We shudder at the thought of Alexander ' s sacrificing three millions of lives ; but
his successors occasioned the destruction of twenty millions , the Saracens , sixty
millions , and the crusades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS ! ! III .
We shudder at the thought of Alexander ' s sacrificing three millions of lives ; but
his successors occasioned the destruction of twenty millions , the Saracens , sixty
millions , and the crusades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS ! ! III .
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... some hundreds of years have infested the world so much to the dishonor of
Christianity , and in which the lives of more men have been lost than might have
served to people all those parts of the earth which yet remain without inhabitants
?
... some hundreds of years have infested the world so much to the dishonor of
Christianity , and in which the lives of more men have been lost than might have
served to people all those parts of the earth which yet remain without inhabitants
?
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We must study their sentiments in those noisome hospitals where they are
crowded together , and where the sufferings they endure to preserve a
languishing existence , too forcibly prove the value they set upon their lives , and
the greatness ...
We must study their sentiments in those noisome hospitals where they are
crowded together , and where the sufferings they endure to preserve a
languishing existence , too forcibly prove the value they set upon their lives , and
the greatness ...
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The study then among Christ ' s disciples will be after the example of their Master
, “ who came not to destroy men ' s lives , but to save them . ” So discordant is this
description with the general sentiments , and feelings , and practice of mankind ...
The study then among Christ ' s disciples will be after the example of their Master
, “ who came not to destroy men ' s lives , but to save them . ” So discordant is this
description with the general sentiments , and feelings , and practice of mankind ...
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