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... look next at the nature of war itself , and see if we can find there any thing to forbid the possibility of its abo- lition . It is a custom ; and all customs are from their very nature subject to the will of men , liable to change ...
... look next at the nature of war itself , and see if we can find there any thing to forbid the possibility of its abo- lition . It is a custom ; and all customs are from their very nature subject to the will of men , liable to change ...
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... look at the facts . Here is a nation of ten , twenty or fifty millions , that hire you as one of their soldiers to kill whom- soever they may wish to have killed , and promise to give you , besides your food and clothing , some ten or ...
... look at the facts . Here is a nation of ten , twenty or fifty millions , that hire you as one of their soldiers to kill whom- soever they may wish to have killed , and promise to give you , besides your food and clothing , some ten or ...
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... look forward to the joyful season , when war shall be unknown but in tradition ; and when all the nations of the world shall dwell together in peace and love . Now the aim of every ruler in Christendom is to do all the injury in his ...
... look forward to the joyful season , when war shall be unknown but in tradition ; and when all the nations of the world shall dwell together in peace and love . Now the aim of every ruler in Christendom is to do all the injury in his ...
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... Look there , ' he answered , pointing with his finger ; ' don't you see a red stripe on the ground ? ' And sure enough I saw it ; his red pantaloons made one part of the stripe , and his bleeding head and body the other . All the troops ...
... Look there , ' he answered , pointing with his finger ; ' don't you see a red stripe on the ground ? ' And sure enough I saw it ; his red pantaloons made one part of the stripe , and his bleeding head and body the other . All the troops ...
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... look towards the image of the saint whom he had all his life invoked ; and there , an infant whose cries the mother , worn down with grief , was endeavoring to hush , and , as she gave it the breast , bathed it in her tears . " BORODINO ...
... look towards the image of the saint whom he had all his life invoked ; and there , an infant whose cries the mother , worn down with grief , was endeavoring to hush , and , as she gave it the breast , bathed it in her tears . " BORODINO ...
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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