The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceSixty four tracts, compiled and edited by George C. Beckwith, corresponding secretaty of the American Peace Society. Each tract is separately as well as consecutively paged. |
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The SOLE OBJECT OF THE PEACE CAUSE . All the social relations of mankind may be reduced to three classes ; — the relation of individuals to one another ; the relation of individuals to society , of citizens to government ; and the ...
The SOLE OBJECT OF THE PEACE CAUSE . All the social relations of mankind may be reduced to three classes ; — the relation of individuals to one another ; the relation of individuals to society , of citizens to government ; and the ...
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This singleness of aim excludes a variety of objects which have sometimes been attributed to the cause of peace . If our only province is the intercourse of nations , and our sole object the prevention of international wars , then we ...
This singleness of aim excludes a variety of objects which have sometimes been attributed to the cause of peace . If our only province is the intercourse of nations , and our sole object the prevention of international wars , then we ...
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All our means for the accomplishment of this object are included in a right application of the gospel to the intercourse of nations . But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought ...
All our means for the accomplishment of this object are included in a right application of the gospel to the intercourse of nations . But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought ...
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In 1832 , we expended for civil offices $ 1,800,758 ; for intercourse with other nations , $ 325,181 ; for miscellaneous objects , $ 2,451,203 ; for the military establishment , $ 5,446,035 ; for the naval service , $ 3,956,320 ; for ...
In 1832 , we expended for civil offices $ 1,800,758 ; for intercourse with other nations , $ 325,181 ; for miscellaneous objects , $ 2,451,203 ; for the military establishment , $ 5,446,035 ; for the naval service , $ 3,956,320 ; for ...
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Misery is its object , or its means ; and war , without a fearful waste of property , life , and happiness , is an utter impossibility . Its whole business is to plunder , and burn , and butcher by wholesale ; and to talk of a war that ...
Misery is its object , or its means ; and war , without a fearful waste of property , life , and happiness , is an utter impossibility . Its whole business is to plunder , and burn , and butcher by wholesale ; and to talk of a war that ...
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| Title | The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace History of international law |
| Author | American Peace Society |
| Editor | George Cone Beckwith |
| Publisher | G.C.Beckwith, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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