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... never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc . But how vast the multitude of its immediate victims ! At Borodino there perished in one day 80,000 ; and in the siege of Mexico more than 100,000 in battle , and more than 50,000 from ...
... never reckoned in the usual estimates of its havoc . But how vast the multitude of its immediate victims ! At Borodino there perished in one day 80,000 ; and in the siege of Mexico more than 100,000 in battle , and more than 50,000 from ...
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... never ex- pected to witness in the human countenance . On the second day , the temporary excitement had subsided ; and turn which way I would , I encountered every form of en- treaty from those whose condition left no need of words to ...
... never ex- pected to witness in the human countenance . On the second day , the temporary excitement had subsided ; and turn which way I would , I encountered every form of en- treaty from those whose condition left no need of words to ...
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... never will be done . But how shall they do it ? Is it enough for them merely to support and to propagate the present form of their religion ? It has for ages tolerated the war - system , and suffered Christendom to remain a vast hot ...
... never will be done . But how shall they do it ? Is it enough for them merely to support and to propagate the present form of their religion ? It has for ages tolerated the war - system , and suffered Christendom to remain a vast hot ...
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... never open their eyes to the abominations and miseries of war , and combine their efforts to sweep it from every land blest with the light of revelation ? Can they still lend their countenance to such a wholesale destroyer of prop- erty ...
... never open their eyes to the abominations and miseries of war , and combine their efforts to sweep it from every land blest with the light of revelation ? Can they still lend their countenance to such a wholesale destroyer of prop- erty ...
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... never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's doctrine , that , if ...
... never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's doctrine , that , if ...
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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