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... Quakers , carried to the opposing generals , Washington and Howe , the testimony of his brethren against war ; and when Mifflin , after Washington was raised to the presidency of the United States , visited him in New York , the ...
... Quakers , carried to the opposing generals , Washington and Howe , the testimony of his brethren against war ; and when Mifflin , after Washington was raised to the presidency of the United States , visited him in New York , the ...
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... Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans of blood shed in wars would have had no existence . And how much happier a countenance would Europe have worn ...
... Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans of blood shed in wars would have had no existence . And how much happier a countenance would Europe have worn ...
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... Quakers , Mora- vians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the wildest of Utopian dreams ; when no press , and hardly a pulpit denounced this trade of blood as inconsistent with Christianity ; when ...
... Quakers , Mora- vians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the wildest of Utopian dreams ; when no press , and hardly a pulpit denounced this trade of blood as inconsistent with Christianity ; when ...
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... Quaker , one of the most eminent among his brethren , and writes here in vin- dication of their views concerning war . We abridge his essay , but omit none of his views or arguments . - AM . ED . P. T. NO . XVII . that the wars of the ...
... Quaker , one of the most eminent among his brethren , and writes here in vin- dication of their views concerning war . We abridge his essay , but omit none of his views or arguments . - AM . ED . P. T. NO . XVII . that the wars of the ...
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... note , the penalty of death in the laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of human life in any case.-AM. ED . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
... note , the penalty of death in the laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of human life in any case.-AM. ED . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
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