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... rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in- cluded . Whatever renders human ...
... rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in- cluded . Whatever renders human ...
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... rules of morality . It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . LORD BROUGHAM . - I abominate war as unchristian . I hold it to be the greatest of human crimes . I deem it to include all others - violence ...
... rules of morality . It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . LORD BROUGHAM . - I abominate war as unchristian . I hold it to be the greatest of human crimes . I deem it to include all others - violence ...
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... rule another ; -positions to which no peace society has ever been committed , and which our own has always regarded as foreign to its object . Others , assuming the strict inviolability of human life , oppose war mainly as a wholesale ...
... rule another ; -positions to which no peace society has ever been committed , and which our own has always regarded as foreign to its object . Others , assuming the strict inviolability of human life , oppose war mainly as a wholesale ...
Page 132
... rule of loving our neighbor , and hating our enemy , requires us to love our enemies , and do good to them which despitefully use us . Afterwards , in presenting a form of prayer , it not only teaches us to say , forgive us our ...
... rule of loving our neighbor , and hating our enemy , requires us to love our enemies , and do good to them which despitefully use us . Afterwards , in presenting a form of prayer , it not only teaches us to say , forgive us our ...
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... rule of honor . Instead of examining all things , the soldier must be like a trained blood - hound , ready to be let loose against any foe . Instead of returning good for evil , the army is organized expressly to return injuries with ...
... rule of honor . Instead of examining all things , the soldier must be like a trained blood - hound , ready to be let loose against any foe . Instead of returning good for evil , the army is organized expressly to return injuries with ...
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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