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... less than six hundred lewd women ; and amidst the fires of captured Magdeburg and Moscow were heard continually the wild , despairing shrieks of ravished mothers and daughters . War is a Sodom ; and , could all its impu- rities be ...
... less than six hundred lewd women ; and amidst the fires of captured Magdeburg and Moscow were heard continually the wild , despairing shrieks of ravished mothers and daughters . War is a Sodom ; and , could all its impu- rities be ...
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... less , were found besmeared in the mud of the road , transfixed with bayonet - wounds ; matrons and young women dead with cruel , shameful wounds ; and priests hanged on the trees by the way - side like felons !! " Thou shalt love thy ...
... less , were found besmeared in the mud of the road , transfixed with bayonet - wounds ; matrons and young women dead with cruel , shameful wounds ; and priests hanged on the trees by the way - side like felons !! " Thou shalt love thy ...
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... less distinguished , were compelled as gladiators to butcher one another by thousands for the amusement of Roman citizens ! But such barbarities are indignantly discarded from the present war - system of Chris- tendom ; and if thus ten ...
... less distinguished , were compelled as gladiators to butcher one another by thousands for the amusement of Roman citizens ! But such barbarities are indignantly discarded from the present war - system of Chris- tendom ; and if thus ten ...
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... less , according to some writers of credit , than 494 , CCO effective troops ; nor is it a high estimate to suppose , that a million , if not more , were engaged on both sides as combatants in that desperate and disastrous struggle . On ...
... less , according to some writers of credit , than 494 , CCO effective troops ; nor is it a high estimate to suppose , that a million , if not more , were engaged on both sides as combatants in that desperate and disastrous struggle . On ...
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... less than six months of a single campaign !! But the Russian campaign was only one of the many wars con- sequent on the French Revolution . During those wars , the levies of soldiers in France exceeded four millions , and not less than ...
... less than six months of a single campaign !! But the Russian campaign was only one of the many wars con- sequent on the French Revolution . During those wars , the levies of soldiers in France exceeded four millions , and not less than ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong