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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All the social relations of mankind may be reduced to three classes ; — the relation of individuals to one another ; the relation of individuals to society , of citizens to government ; and the relation of one society or government to ...
All the social relations of mankind may be reduced to three classes ; — the relation of individuals to one another ; the relation of individuals to society , of citizens to government ; and the relation of one society or government to ...
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If it be said , that wars can never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strise continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea ...
If it be said , that wars can never cease so long as capital punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strise continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea ...
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We think , also , that nations ought , like individuals , to regulate their intercourse by the gospel ; and we have only to ascertain and apply its principles . — 7.
We think , also , that nations ought , like individuals , to regulate their intercourse by the gospel ; and we have only to ascertain and apply its principles . — 7.
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But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought to bear first upon individuals , in rectifying their views on this subject , and in forming such a public sentiment as shall discard ...
But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought to bear first upon individuals , in rectifying their views on this subject , and in forming such a public sentiment as shall discard ...
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No fault of individuals or communities is incorrigible under the means of God's appointment ; customs very like war , such as knight - errantry and judicial combats , have already been done away ; certain kinds of war have actually been ...
No fault of individuals or communities is incorrigible under the means of God's appointment ; customs very like war , such as knight - errantry and judicial combats , have already been done away ; certain kinds of war have actually been ...
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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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