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... crimes ; for every war , however begun , is prosecuted on each side with essentially the same feelings , and by the very same deeds . - 4 . We agree in our views concerning the moral character of nearly all the wars that have ever ...
... crimes ; for every war , however begun , is prosecuted on each side with essentially the same feelings , and by the very same deeds . - 4 . We agree in our views concerning the moral character of nearly all the wars that have ever ...
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... crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ! On whom do the evils of war fall ? Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . It is their ...
... crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ! On whom do the evils of war fall ? Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . It is their ...
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... crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ! It On whom do the evils of war fall ? Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . is their ...
... crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ! It On whom do the evils of war fall ? Are its guilty abettors the men that pay its expenses , bear its hardships , and suffer its countless woes ? No ; these come upon the people . is their ...
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... crime of murdering whole nations ? Here avarice and cruelty know no bounds ; enormities forbidden in private persons , are actually enjoined by legislatures , and every species of barbarity authorized by decrees of the senate , and ...
... crime of murdering whole nations ? Here avarice and cruelty know no bounds ; enormities forbidden in private persons , are actually enjoined by legislatures , and every species of barbarity authorized by decrees of the senate , and ...
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... crimes . I deem it to include all others — violence , blood , rapine , fraud , every thing which can deform the character , alter the nature , and debase the name of man . ” PHILOSOPHERS . We need not quote largely from philosophers ...
... crimes . I deem it to include all others — violence , blood , rapine , fraud , every thing which can deform the character , alter the nature , and debase the name of man . ” PHILOSOPHERS . We need not quote largely from philosophers ...
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