The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceGeorge Cone Beckwith |
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Page 504
... fight , not because we are aggrieved , but because we are angry . One example may be offered : " In 1789 , " says Smollett , " a small Spanish vessel committed some violence in Nootka Sound , under the pretence that the country belonged ...
... fight , not because we are aggrieved , but because we are angry . One example may be offered : " In 1789 , " says Smollett , " a small Spanish vessel committed some violence in Nootka Sound , under the pretence that the country belonged ...
Page 534
... fight , if I die . " - " I am a Christian , and therefore I cannot fight . " " Christ , " says Tertullian , " by disarming Peter , disarmed every soldier ; " and Peter was not about to fight in the armies of idolatry . So entire was ...
... fight , if I die . " - " I am a Christian , and therefore I cannot fight . " " Christ , " says Tertullian , " by disarming Peter , disarmed every soldier ; " and Peter was not about to fight in the armies of idolatry . So entire was ...
Page 538
... fight in its own defence , but not for any other purpose . Whoever will attempt to apply this rule in practice ... fight in defence of their own lives , they may , and they must fight in defence of the lives of others ; if in the defence ...
... fight in its own defence , but not for any other purpose . Whoever will attempt to apply this rule in practice ... fight in defence of their own lives , they may , and they must fight in defence of the lives of others ; if in the defence ...
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War Curable | 12 |
6 Four Aspects of War | 49 |
10Russian Campaign | 90 |
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