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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Moral Results of War ; by Jonathan Dymond, 5Q9 69. — War Unlawful for Christians i by Jonathan Dymond, . . . 517 60. — Efficacy of Pacific Principles ; by Jonathan Dymond, . . . 641 61 Rights of Self-Defence 645 62.
Moral Results of War ; by Jonathan Dymond, 5Q9 69. — War Unlawful for Christians i by Jonathan Dymond, . . . 517 60. — Efficacy of Pacific Principles ; by Jonathan Dymond, . . . 641 61 Rights of Self-Defence 645 62.
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A regenerated public opinion decreed its doom ; and the result is on record . The slave - trade is now regarded as piracy ; the slave - trader is put under the ban of the civilized world as fit only for the gallows ; and , though Africa ...
A regenerated public opinion decreed its doom ; and the result is on record . The slave - trade is now regarded as piracy ; the slave - trader is put under the ban of the civilized world as fit only for the gallows ; and , though Africa ...
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Glance at some of the causes now at work to hasten such a result . I have not time even to name a tithe of these causes ; it would require a volume to do any sort of justice to this part of our subject ; and it must for the present ...
Glance at some of the causes now at work to hasten such a result . I have not time even to name a tithe of these causes ; it would require a volume to do any sort of justice to this part of our subject ; and it must for the present ...
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The gospel , rightly applied , is amply sufficient for such a result . It is God's own power at work for the world's eventual deliverance from all forms of error , sin and misery . There is no passion it cannot subdue , no vice it ...
The gospel , rightly applied , is amply sufficient for such a result . It is God's own power at work for the world's eventual deliverance from all forms of error , sin and misery . There is no passion it cannot subdue , no vice it ...
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... or settling their disputes by war , than Christians do theirs by duels . So in war , son . Mark the result in . 45 9 WAR CURABLE .
... or settling their disputes by war , than Christians do theirs by duels . So in war , son . Mark the result in . 45 9 WAR CURABLE .
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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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