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We cannot flatter ourselves , that they will assent at once to every position here
taken on a subject so vast , and of such various aspects and bearings ; but we
feel quite sure , that every intelligent , fairminded Christian will readily respond to
...
We cannot flatter ourselves , that they will assent at once to every position here
taken on a subject so vast , and of such various aspects and bearings ; but we
feel quite sure , that every intelligent , fairminded Christian will readily respond to
...
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He is attended at each whipping by a surgeon , who determines how much can
be inflicted at once without immediate danger to life ! Often does the flagellation
proceed till the victim faints ; and then he is respited , to renew his sufferings ...
He is attended at each whipping by a surgeon , who determines how much can
be inflicted at once without immediate danger to life ! Often does the flagellation
proceed till the victim faints ; and then he is respited , to renew his sufferings ...
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We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them once
more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his
disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of
war ...
We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them once
more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his
disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of
war ...
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... of their offspring than by the sword ; women far advanced in age , left destitute ,
and put to death in a worse form than if they had died at once by the point of the
bayonet ; widowed mothers , orphan children , TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
... of their offspring than by the sword ; women far advanced in age , left destitute ,
and put to death in a worse form than if they had died at once by the point of the
bayonet ; widowed mothers , orphan children , TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
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A Collection of Essays on War and Peace. of the bayonet ; widowed mothers ,
orphan children , houses of mourning , and once affluent families reduced to
extreme penury . " “ Do you detest robbery and pillage ? These are among the
duties of ...
A Collection of Essays on War and Peace. of the bayonet ; widowed mothers ,
orphan children , houses of mourning , and once affluent families reduced to
extreme penury . " “ Do you detest robbery and pillage ? These are among the
duties of ...
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