The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceGeorge Cone Beckwith |
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Page 502
... question does not even suggest itself . We acquiesce in it , as we acquiesce in the rising of the sun , without any other idea than that it is a part of the ordinary processes of the world . And how are we to feel dis- approbation of a ...
... question does not even suggest itself . We acquiesce in it , as we acquiesce in the rising of the sun , without any other idea than that it is a part of the ordinary processes of the world . And how are we to feel dis- approbation of a ...
Page 517
... question upon the attention of mankind . The simple circumstance that it is thus urged , contains no irrational motive to investigation ; for why should men ask the question if they did not doubt ? And how , after these long ages of ...
... question upon the attention of mankind . The simple circumstance that it is thus urged , contains no irrational motive to investigation ; for why should men ask the question if they did not doubt ? And how , after these long ages of ...
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... question ; since no one with whom we are concerned to reason , will advocate its opposite . Some persons indeed talk with much complacency of their reprobation of offensive war . Yet to rep- robate no more than this , is only to condemn ...
... question ; since no one with whom we are concerned to reason , will advocate its opposite . Some persons indeed talk with much complacency of their reprobation of offensive war . Yet to rep- robate no more than this , is only to condemn ...
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War Curable | 12 |
6 Four Aspects of War | 49 |
10Russian Campaign | 90 |
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