The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace |
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Page 7
... continued to be brought in for several successive days ; and the British soldiers , who had in the morning been moved by the piteous cries of those they carried , I saw in the evening so hardened by the repetition of the scene , and by ...
... continued to be brought in for several successive days ; and the British soldiers , who had in the morning been moved by the piteous cries of those they carried , I saw in the evening so hardened by the repetition of the scene , and by ...
Page 31
... continued , its fortifications constructed , all its la- bors exacted , all its recreations indulged , quite as much on this as any other day of the week . It is the chosen time for special and splendid reviews ; all the millions of sol ...
... continued , its fortifications constructed , all its la- bors exacted , all its recreations indulged , quite as much on this as any other day of the week . It is the chosen time for special and splendid reviews ; all the millions of sol ...
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... continued so long , then every form of idolatry , all the bar- barous customs of our own ancestors , all the errors and sins of past ages , must have remained to this hour . War neces- sary because nations recognize no other arbiter of ...
... continued so long , then every form of idolatry , all the bar- barous customs of our own ancestors , all the errors and sins of past ages , must have remained to this hour . War neces- sary because nations recognize no other arbiter of ...
Page 39
... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
Page 41
... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
... continued to engage in the slave - trade ; and nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and ...
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