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Page 9
Look at the loss occasioned in the single department of commerce . This main
source of wealth war dries up , and exposes to capture an incalculable amount of
property on the ocean . Our exports and imports now ( 1836 ) exceed two
hundred ...
Look at the loss occasioned in the single department of commerce . This main
source of wealth war dries up , and exposes to capture an incalculable amount of
property on the ocean . Our exports and imports now ( 1836 ) exceed two
hundred ...
Page 10
But look at the enormous expenditures of war . Those of our last war have been
variously estimated ; but they could not have been less than forty or fifty millions
of dol . lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England siz hundred millions
of ...
But look at the enormous expenditures of war . Those of our last war have been
variously estimated ; but they could not have been less than forty or fifty millions
of dol . lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England siz hundred millions
of ...
Page 11
It is public opinion which in the long run governs the world ; and , while I look with
confidence to a gradual revolution in the state of public opinion from the
omnipotence of gospel truth working its silent but effectual way through the
families of ...
It is public opinion which in the long run governs the world ; and , while I look with
confidence to a gradual revolution in the state of public opinion from the
omnipotence of gospel truth working its silent but effectual way through the
families of ...
Page 1
The Bible is our only infallible guide ; and by it every custom must eventually be
tried . Many have already been brought to this test ; and it is high time for
Christians to look at war in the light of revelation . Thou shalt have no other gods
before ...
The Bible is our only infallible guide ; and by it every custom must eventually be
tried . Many have already been brought to this test ; and it is high time for
Christians to look at war in the light of revelation . Thou shalt have no other gods
before ...
Page 3
Look at the French butcheries in Spain or Portugal under Napoleon . Peaceful
inhabitants massacred without distinction or mercy ! “ Often were the ditches
along the line of their march , ” says an eye - witness , “ literally filled with clotted ...
Look at the French butcheries in Spain or Portugal under Napoleon . Peaceful
inhabitants massacred without distinction or mercy ! “ Often were the ditches
along the line of their march , ” says an eye - witness , “ literally filled with clotted ...
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