The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace |
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... never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strife continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea , and coffee , and tobacco , and theatres , and gaming ...
... never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strife continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea , and coffee , and tobacco , and theatres , and gaming ...
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... never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force ? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands , and of the labor of millions of our fellow - creatures ...
... never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force ? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands , and of the labor of millions of our fellow - creatures ...
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... never sanc- tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the gospel , be a ...
... never sanc- tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the gospel , be a ...
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... never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's doctrine , that , if ...
... never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's doctrine , that , if ...
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... never was an improve- ment in any art or science , nor a proposal for meliorating the condition of man in any age or country , that has not been considered as an Utopian scheme . " The present meth- ods of treating the small - pox ...
... never was an improve- ment in any art or science , nor a proposal for meliorating the condition of man in any age or country , that has not been considered as an Utopian scheme . " The present meth- ods of treating the small - pox ...
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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