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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Peace and Government ; by Geo . C. Beckwith , 425 50. - Criminality of War ; by Howard Malcom , D D. , 433 • 51. - War a Destroyer of Souls , 449 • 52.- War and the Hearth , or the Influence of War on Domestic Happiness 457 & G 229 60 .
Peace and Government ; by Geo . C. Beckwith , 425 50. - Criminality of War ; by Howard Malcom , D D. , 433 • 51. - War a Destroyer of Souls , 449 • 52.- War and the Hearth , or the Influence of War on Domestic Happiness 457 & G 229 60 .
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Peace and Government ; by Geo . C. Beckwith , 425 50. - Criminality of War ; by Howard Malcom , D D. , 43 51. - War a Destroyer of Souls , 449 “ 52.- War and the Hearth , or the Influence of War on Domestic Happiness 457 . 209 .
Peace and Government ; by Geo . C. Beckwith , 425 50. - Criminality of War ; by Howard Malcom , D D. , 43 51. - War a Destroyer of Souls , 449 “ 52.- War and the Hearth , or the Influence of War on Domestic Happiness 457 . 209 .
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... of common education for all its children , and to support one minister of the gospel for every thousand souls . Seldom do the people inquire or imagine how much our own Republic spends for the war - system even in a time of peace .
... of common education for all its children , and to support one minister of the gospel for every thousand souls . Seldom do the people inquire or imagine how much our own Republic spends for the war - system even in a time of peace .
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Can they still lend their countenance to such a wholesale destroyer of property , and life , and virtue , and religion , and immortal souls ? Disciples of Jesus , we leave these questions on your conscience before the God of peace .
Can they still lend their countenance to such a wholesale destroyer of property , and life , and virtue , and religion , and immortal souls ? Disciples of Jesus , we leave these questions on your conscience before the God of peace .
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If familiarity with the sight had not destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ?
If familiarity with the sight had not destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ?
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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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