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... respects ; and , ever since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf ...
... respects ; and , ever since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf ...
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... respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than the cause of ...
... respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than the cause of ...
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... respect , said , " Will you please , Mr. Mifflin , to inform me on what principles you were opposed to the Revolution ? " " Yes , Friend Washington ; on the same principle that I should now be opposed to any change in this government ...
... respect , said , " Will you please , Mr. Mifflin , to inform me on what principles you were opposed to the Revolution ? " " Yes , Friend Washington ; on the same principle that I should now be opposed to any change in this government ...
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... respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards ...
... respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards ...
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... respect to its objects , all the rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in ...
... respect to its objects , all the rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in ...
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