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... hundred of the sentiments enforced , and that even in the remaining case there will be found a kind and Christian spirit , such as an Apostle would enjoin , and a martyr breathe . OFFICE OF THE AM . PEACE Soc . , BOSTON , JULY 1845 ...
... hundred of the sentiments enforced , and that even in the remaining case there will be found a kind and Christian spirit , such as an Apostle would enjoin , and a martyr breathe . OFFICE OF THE AM . PEACE Soc . , BOSTON , JULY 1845 ...
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... hundred years ; and , in less than two centuries , there have been fifty congresses in Europe , all more or less on the principle of such a tribunal as we propose . The thing can be done , and will be , whenever the voice of Christen ...
... hundred years ; and , in less than two centuries , there have been fifty congresses in Europe , all more or less on the principle of such a tribunal as we propose . The thing can be done , and will be , whenever the voice of Christen ...
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... hundred millions of dollars every year ; and one half of all this , besides a great variety of products interchanged along our coast , would be liable in war to be seized by the enemy . The imports in the single city of New York ...
... hundred millions of dollars every year ; and one half of all this , besides a great variety of products interchanged along our coast , would be liable in war to be seized by the enemy . The imports in the single city of New York ...
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... hundred millions of dollars ! Such estimates as these would prove that the direct expenses of war , though im- mense , are a mere fraction , rarely more than a fourth part , of the sum total which it wastes . But look at the enormous ...
... hundred millions of dollars ! Such estimates as these would prove that the direct expenses of war , though im- mense , are a mere fraction , rarely more than a fourth part , of the sum total which it wastes . But look at the enormous ...
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... hundred thousand to be left dead on a single field ; and the Old Testament records an instance where one side lost 500,000 . * We shudder at the thought of Alexander's sacrificing three millions of lives ; but his successors occasioned ...
... hundred thousand to be left dead on a single field ; and the Old Testament records an instance where one side lost 500,000 . * We shudder at the thought of Alexander's sacrificing three millions of lives ; but his successors occasioned ...
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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