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... belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ap- pointed to adjust the demands of British merchants for property destroyed by Denmark alone during the late wars of Europe , received claims to the amount of about No. II .
... belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ap- pointed to adjust the demands of British merchants for property destroyed by Denmark alone during the late wars of Europe , received claims to the amount of about No. II .
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... destroy vastly more than the sword . Often has a single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is ...
... destroy vastly more than the sword . Often has a single march cut off more than half of an army . The hardships of war shorten from ten to twenty years the life of those who escape the sword , and thus occasion an immense loss that is ...
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... destroys but one vessel , or the assassin who murders a single victim , is deemed worthy of the gallows , what must be the criminality of nations in continuing a custom which multiplies such crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ...
... destroys but one vessel , or the assassin who murders a single victim , is deemed worthy of the gallows , what must be the criminality of nations in continuing a custom which multiplies such crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ...
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... destroys but one vessel , or the assassin who murders a single victim , is deemed worthy of the gallows , what must be the criminality of nations in continuing a custom which multiplies such crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ...
... destroys but one vessel , or the assassin who murders a single victim , is deemed worthy of the gallows , what must be the criminality of nations in continuing a custom which multiplies such crimes and woes by thousands and by millions ...
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... destroy each other , as though time did not do this with sufficient rapidity . What I thought at fifteen years of age , I still think , that war , and the pain of death which society draws upon itself , are but organized barbarisms , an ...
... destroy each other , as though time did not do this with sufficient rapidity . What I thought at fifteen years of age , I still think , that war , and the pain of death which society draws upon itself , are but organized barbarisms , an ...
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abolish AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY arms army Austria battle bayonet benevolence Bicetre blessing blood bodies butcher capital punishment cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civilized command common crime custom dead death destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire France French friends of peace glory gospel heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence judicial combat Julius Cæsar justice kill less lives mankind mass means ment military militia millions mind misery moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy neighbor never object officers pacific pagan passions perished precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers religion religion of peace rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword TERTULLIAN thing thousand tian tion truth victims violence war-system warriors wars whole William Penn wounded wrong