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Page 5
... individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards redressing wrong , and multiplies instead of indemnifying losses . Had the money which has been spent in the present war ...
... individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards redressing wrong , and multiplies instead of indemnifying losses . Had the money which has been spent in the present war ...
Page 10
... individuals in their public capacity , as much as , we trust , it does over their conduct in private life ! there would be no war . When the spirit of Christianity shall exert its proper influence over the minds of individuals , and ...
... individuals in their public capacity , as much as , we trust , it does over their conduct in private life ! there would be no war . When the spirit of Christianity shall exert its proper influence over the minds of individuals , and ...
Page 2
... individuals are sent to the prison or the gallows . To plunder , burn , and destroy , is the soldier's professed business ! At Hamburg , 40,000 persons were driven from their homes without clothes , money , or provisions , of which ...
... individuals are sent to the prison or the gallows . To plunder , burn , and destroy , is the soldier's professed business ! At Hamburg , 40,000 persons were driven from their homes without clothes , money , or provisions , of which ...
Page 3
... not disprove the possibility of superseding this custom . Once individuals had no other means than brute violence for the redress of their wrongs , or the adjustment of their difficulties ; but , if 39 3 WAR CURABLE .
... not disprove the possibility of superseding this custom . Once individuals had no other means than brute violence for the redress of their wrongs , or the adjustment of their difficulties ; but , if 39 3 WAR CURABLE .
Page 4
... individuals , it is equally possible for nations , if they choose , to provide similar methods for the settlement of their disputes without the effusion of blood . Nor does society or overnment oppose any insuperable obstacles to the ...
... individuals , it is equally possible for nations , if they choose , to provide similar methods for the settlement of their disputes without the effusion of blood . Nor does society or overnment oppose any insuperable obstacles to the ...
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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