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... interests of mankind . - 2 . We hold war to be morally wrong ; wrong in its origin , in its principles , in its motives , in its means , and all its legitimate results ; as a crying offence against God , and the chief sin of all ages ...
... interests of mankind . - 2 . We hold war to be morally wrong ; wrong in its origin , in its principles , in its motives , in its means , and all its legitimate results ; as a crying offence against God , and the chief sin of all ages ...
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... interest sufficient to sustain them well , we would encourage a simple organization . We insist on the necessity of means . God accomplishes no ends without them ; and the means of his own appoint- ment are just as necessary for the ...
... interest sufficient to sustain them well , we would encourage a simple organization . We insist on the necessity of means . God accomplishes no ends without them ; and the means of his own appoint- ment are just as necessary for the ...
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... interest upon it would be more than enough to defray the necessary expenses of governing every nation on earth , to furnish every family in the world with a Bible , to provide the means of common education for all its children , and to ...
... interest upon it would be more than enough to defray the necessary expenses of governing every nation on earth , to furnish every family in the world with a Bible , to provide the means of common education for all its children , and to ...
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... interests ? Better means than the sword for all these purposes are clearly possible , and fast coming to be adopted . Necessary for a nation's honor ? The plea of the duellest ; and , when public sentiment shall be thoroughly ...
... interests ? Better means than the sword for all these purposes are clearly possible , and fast coming to be adopted . Necessary for a nation's honor ? The plea of the duellest ; and , when public sentiment shall be thoroughly ...
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... interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity or the adjustment of their difficulties ; but , if 41 5 ...
... interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity or the adjustment of their difficulties ; but , if 41 5 ...
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