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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“ If statesmen , ” says he , tomed to calculation , wars would be much less frequent . Canada might have been purchased from France for a tenth part of the money England spent in the conquest of it ; and if , instead of fighting us for ...
“ If statesmen , ” says he , tomed to calculation , wars would be much less frequent . Canada might have been purchased from France for a tenth part of the money England spent in the conquest of it ; and if , instead of fighting us for ...
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“ Custom , ” says TERTULLIAN , tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the ...
“ Custom , ” says TERTULLIAN , tion an unlawful act . And can a soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the ...
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An eye - witness , speaking of one of our own armies , says we should not wonder at their frequent defeats , “ if we could witness the drunkenness and debauchery from the general to the private , and hear them strive to outvie each ...
An eye - witness , speaking of one of our own armies , says we should not wonder at their frequent defeats , “ if we could witness the drunkenness and debauchery from the general to the private , and hear them strive to outvie each ...
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“ Out of a plentiful harvest , ” says a Saxon nobleman , “ not a grain is left . The little that remained , was consumed in the night fires , or was next morning , in spite of tears and prayers , wantonly burned by the laughing fiends .
“ Out of a plentiful harvest , ” says a Saxon nobleman , “ not a grain is left . The little that remained , was consumed in the night fires , or was next morning , in spite of tears and prayers , wantonly burned by the laughing fiends .
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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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