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Page 121
These truths are palpable , and must , in the progress of time , have their
influence on the minds and conduct of nations . " After this who can deny that Mr .
Jefferson highly approved of peace societies and their cause : and that that
approbation ...
These truths are palpable , and must , in the progress of time , have their
influence on the minds and conduct of nations . " After this who can deny that Mr .
Jefferson highly approved of peace societies and their cause : and that that
approbation ...
Page 122
I agree with Mr . Jefferson in philosophy and policy , but as I disagree with him in
religious sentiments , of course I differ in the hopes which are to be derived from
the power and influence of the christian religion , and the truths of prophecy .
I agree with Mr . Jefferson in philosophy and policy , but as I disagree with him in
religious sentiments , of course I differ in the hopes which are to be derived from
the power and influence of the christian religion , and the truths of prophecy .
Page 139
This is like the hero of La Mancha , burnishing up his old rusty armour , taking his
Rosinante from the plough , and going abroad in search of broken bones , while
all is peaceful and quiet about him . It is a truth , often repeated and universally ...
This is like the hero of La Mancha , burnishing up his old rusty armour , taking his
Rosinante from the plough , and going abroad in search of broken bones , while
all is peaceful and quiet about him . It is a truth , often repeated and universally ...
Page 141
My countrymen , I tell you this solemn truth , that when you need the bayonet to
execute your laws , you are no longer fit to be a republic . The neck that wants a
yoke will soon find it . The nation that has not virtue enough to execute its ...
My countrymen , I tell you this solemn truth , that when you need the bayonet to
execute your laws , you are no longer fit to be a republic . The neck that wants a
yoke will soon find it . The nation that has not virtue enough to execute its ...
Page 144
hosts set in battle array on our now fruitful fields , and havoc , war and desolation
inundate our now happy country , Prejudices blind us when viewing truth in its
application , -it is more clearly seen in the abstract . Take a family of sons , for ...
hosts set in battle array on our now fruitful fields , and havoc , war and desolation
inundate our now happy country , Prejudices blind us when viewing truth in its
application , -it is more clearly seen in the abstract . Take a family of sons , for ...
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Page 158 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 131 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home - taxes on the raw material - taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health - on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal - on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice - on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride...
Page 181 - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas — a remnant of the ancient piracy — though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
Page 132 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
Page 131 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
Page 110 - The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with...
Page 111 - But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations...
Page 12 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 11 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 182 - ... who, besides, spend what they get in riot, drunkenness, and debauchery, lose their habits of industry, are rarely fit for any sober business after a peace, and serve only to increase the number of highwaymen and housebreakers.
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| Title | Essays on Peace & War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Me. New Series |
| Author | William Ladd |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | A. Shirley, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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