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... millions of lives ; but its general peace has been preserved since 1815 by the various agencies and influ- ences which constitute the cause of peace . The sentiments of the civilized world on this subject are very different now from ...
... millions of lives ; but its general peace has been preserved since 1815 by the various agencies and influ- ences which constitute the cause of peace . The sentiments of the civilized world on this subject are very different now from ...
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... millions of dollars ; and a war suddenly occurring would probably have found afloat on the ocean more than twice that amount destined to the same port , and one or two hundred millions belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ...
... millions of dollars ; and a war suddenly occurring would probably have found afloat on the ocean more than twice that amount destined to the same port , and one or two hundred millions belonging to the whole nation . The commissioners ...
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... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
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... millions , the Saracens , sixty millions , and the cru- sades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS !! III . Glance , now , at some of the PERSONAL SUFFERINGS incident to war . Think of the violence practised in pro- curing ...
... millions , the Saracens , sixty millions , and the cru- sades alone , forty millions of nominal CHRISTIANS !! III . Glance , now , at some of the PERSONAL SUFFERINGS incident to war . Think of the violence practised in pro- curing ...
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... 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 earnings that are wasted , their ...
... 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 earnings that are wasted , their ...
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