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... fire ; and there the body lay , with the head sending forth the mingled fumes of burning cotton and hair . The soldiers , after passing close by the corpse in a line to let every one see for himself the fate of a deserter , marched back ...
... fire ; and there the body lay , with the head sending forth the mingled fumes of burning cotton and hair . The soldiers , after passing close by the corpse in a line to let every one see for himself the fate of a deserter , marched back ...
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... fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by the side of those on whom they had been seated . Many , in a state of ...
... fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by the side of those on whom they had been seated . Many , in a state of ...
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... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
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... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
... fire without heat . Can you estimate the guilt , the folly , the madness of em- ploying such an arbiter of international disputes as war ? Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands into an untimely ...
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... fire and sword , compared to the milder vir- tues of making our fellow - men as happy as their frail condi- tions and perishable natures will permit them to be ! It is time for knight - errantry and mad heroism to be at an end ...
... fire and sword , compared to the milder vir- tues of making our fellow - men as happy as their frail condi- tions and perishable natures will permit them to be ! It is time for knight - errantry and mad heroism to be at an end ...
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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