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Page 3
... never be persuaded to abstain from the wholesale butchery of one another as a means of settling their dis- putes ? The advocates of war tell us they never can be ; but we , relying on the corrigibility of human nature , fully believe ...
... never be persuaded to abstain from the wholesale butchery of one another as a means of settling their dis- putes ? The advocates of war tell us they never can be ; but we , relying on the corrigibility of human nature , fully believe ...
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... never to be won from the love of mutual butchery ? Let us bring the question home to your own bosom . Will you acknowledge yourself to be such an in- satiate blood - leech , that you never can , never will give up war ? No ; you abhor ...
... never to be won from the love of mutual butchery ? Let us bring the question home to your own bosom . Will you acknowledge yourself to be such an in- satiate blood - leech , that you never can , never will give up war ? No ; you abhor ...
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... never be classed with the hired as- sassin ? How much longer will men of any principle , conscience or self - respect , hire themselves out to the work of robbery and murder ? How long will professed Christians , or any Christian ...
... never be classed with the hired as- sassin ? How much longer will men of any principle , conscience or self - respect , hire themselves out to the work of robbery and murder ? How long will professed Christians , or any Christian ...
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... never more held up his head . He sleeps the sleep of death on the bleak barren Falkland Islands , far from his home and friends . I dare the medical men that were on board that ship , to say that he did not die in consequence of the ...
... never more held up his head . He sleeps the sleep of death on the bleak barren Falkland Islands , far from his home and friends . I dare the medical men that were on board that ship , to say that he did not die in consequence of the ...
Page 70
... never made it ; for the court - martial sentenced him to receive two hundred lashes through the fleet - a punishment ostensibly for his first offence , but really for his insolence ( ? ) in demanding a trial by court - martial . Such ...
... never made it ; for the court - martial sentenced him to receive two hundred lashes through the fleet - a punishment ostensibly for his first offence , but really for his insolence ( ? ) in demanding a trial by court - martial . Such ...
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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