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... not nations alone . The cause of peace is not encumbered with such cases , but confines itself to the single object of abolishing the custom of international war . - III . COMMON PRINCIPLES , OR BASIS OF UNION THE CAUSE OF PEACE . 3.
... not nations alone . The cause of peace is not encumbered with such cases , but confines itself to the single object of abolishing the custom of international war . - III . COMMON PRINCIPLES , OR BASIS OF UNION THE CAUSE OF PEACE . 3.
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... single point of this great cause the moral character of wars strictly defensive . Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few that any friend of peace ...
... single point of this great cause the moral character of wars strictly defensive . Even this difference is mainly theoretical ; for we unite in condemning most of the wars called defensive , and can find very few that any friend of peace ...
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... single tract , at one cent apiece , in every family of New England alone , and about $ 30,000 for the whole country , besides a still larger sum to sustain such other instru- mentalities as the cause demands . These funds must come , if ...
... single tract , at one cent apiece , in every family of New England alone , and about $ 30,000 for the whole country , besides a still larger sum to sustain such other instru- mentalities as the cause demands . These funds must come , if ...
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... single department of commerce . This main source of wealth war dries up , and exposes to capture an incalculable amount of property on the ocean . Our exports and imports now ( 1836 ) exceed two hundred millions of dollars every year ...
... single department of commerce . This main source of wealth war dries up , and exposes to capture an incalculable amount of property on the ocean . Our exports and imports now ( 1836 ) exceed two hundred millions of dollars every year ...
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... single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc ...
... single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc ...
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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