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Page 11
Think of the violence practised in procuring seamen and soldiers . Where the war
- spirit is predominant , they are forced into the army and navy at the pleasure of
their rulers , and doomed to all the hardships , perils , and sufferings of war , with
...
Think of the violence practised in procuring seamen and soldiers . Where the war
- spirit is predominant , they are forced into the army and navy at the pleasure of
their rulers , and doomed to all the hardships , perils , and sufferings of war , with
...
Page 11
The punishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ;
but we will not describe flogging , the gauntlope , the picket , the wooden - horse ,
and other forms of punishment , the very thought of which is enough to make one
...
The punishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ;
but we will not describe flogging , the gauntlope , the picket , the wooden - horse ,
and other forms of punishment , the very thought of which is enough to make one
...
Page 13
On halting at night , the soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw
they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue .
From such sufferings , and from the infection of the air by putrefied carcasses of
men ...
On halting at night , the soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw
they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue .
From such sufferings , and from the infection of the air by putrefied carcasses of
men ...
Page 14
... while many were so maddened by the extremes of pain and hunger , that they
tore the dead bodies of their comrades into pieces , and feasted on the remains . '
" The soldiers often fired in the morning the buildings in which they had lodged ...
... while many were so maddened by the extremes of pain and hunger , that they
tore the dead bodies of their comrades into pieces , and feasted on the remains . '
" The soldiers often fired in the morning the buildings in which they had lodged ...
Page 3
The statesman is despised ; the grim soldier alone is caressed . Legal
proceedings cease . Claims are asserted and prosecuted , not according to law ,
but by force of arms . " Seneca , the great moralist of antiquity , is still more strong
in his ...
The statesman is despised ; the grim soldier alone is caressed . Legal
proceedings cease . Claims are asserted and prosecuted , not according to law ,
but by force of arms . " Seneca , the great moralist of antiquity , is still more strong
in his ...
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