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We all regard war as a mass of evils ; as one of the worst scourges , if not the very
worst , that ever smote our world ; as extremely pernicious in all its appropriate
influences on the temporal and the spiritual interests of . - mankind . — 2 .
We all regard war as a mass of evils ; as one of the worst scourges , if not the very
worst , that ever smote our world ; as extremely pernicious in all its appropriate
influences on the temporal and the spiritual interests of . - mankind . — 2 .
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... deranged ; immense masses of capital are withdrawn from use ; the entire
energies of a nation are turned into the channel of war , and its resources
whelmed in this mighty vortex of ruin . Look at the loss occasioned in the single
department ...
... deranged ; immense masses of capital are withdrawn from use ; the entire
energies of a nation are turned into the channel of war , and its resources
whelmed in this mighty vortex of ruin . Look at the loss occasioned in the single
department ...
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Let all classes , high and low , old and young , male and female , unite to bring
this custom into general contempt and execration , as a mass of folly , sin , and
misery . Such a process would soon bring war in Christendom to a perpetual end
.
Let all classes , high and low , old and young , male and female , unite to bring
this custom into general contempt and execration , as a mass of folly , sin , and
misery . Such a process would soon bring war in Christendom to a perpetual end
.
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Such is the change which the friends of peace are laboring to produce ; and fain
would we entreat every lover of his country , his species , or his God , to lend this
cause his utmost aid . AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY , BOSTON , MASS . No . IV .
Such is the change which the friends of peace are laboring to produce ; and fain
would we entreat every lover of his country , his species , or his God , to lend this
cause his utmost aid . AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY , BOSTON , MASS . No . IV .
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Is it consistent for you to act as a military chaplain ? Would you be chaplain to a
horde of robbers , or a gang of pirates ? AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY , BOSTON
, MASS . WAR CURABLE , . . OR THE POSSIBILITY OF ABOLISHING WAR AND
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Is it consistent for you to act as a military chaplain ? Would you be chaplain to a
horde of robbers , or a gang of pirates ? AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY , BOSTON
, MASS . WAR CURABLE , . . OR THE POSSIBILITY OF ABOLISHING WAR AND
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