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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... then we have , as friends of peace , nothing to do with capital punishments , or the right of personal self - defence , or the question of discarding all physical force from the government of states , schools , and families .
... then we have , as friends of peace , nothing to do with capital punishments , or the right of personal self - defence , or the question of discarding all physical force from the government of states , schools , and families .
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We are concerned solely with the intercourse of one government with another ; and these questions belong not to the cause of peace , but to the internal operations of government , to its treatment of its own subjects . IV .
We are concerned solely with the intercourse of one government with another ; and these questions belong not to the cause of peace , but to the internal operations of government , to its treatment of its own subjects . IV .
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... sufficient under God for its ultimate extinction ; and God has settled the question by promising an era when “ nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . " VI . SUBSTITUTES FOR WAR .
... sufficient under God for its ultimate extinction ; and God has settled the question by promising an era when “ nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . " VI . SUBSTITUTES FOR WAR .
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Disciples of Jesus , we leave these questions on your conscience before the God of peace . Have you done what you could ? Are you now doing all that you can ? If not , will you keep hold of the subject till you learn and do your whole ...
Disciples of Jesus , we leave these questions on your conscience before the God of peace . Have you done what you could ? Are you now doing all that you can ? If not , will you keep hold of the subject till you learn and do your whole ...
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They do not directly touch the vexed question concerning wars purely defensive ; but they are strong against the whole warsystem , and would , if carried into practice , entirely demolish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and ...
They do not directly touch the vexed question concerning wars purely defensive ; but they are strong against the whole warsystem , and would , if carried into practice , entirely demolish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and ...
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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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