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Page 67
... requires but little ingenuity in a superior officer to get a man flogged for the satis- faction of a mere personal grudge . When I went upon deck be- fore breakfast , I seldom failed to see some poor fellow smarting under the ...
... requires but little ingenuity in a superior officer to get a man flogged for the satis- faction of a mere personal grudge . When I went upon deck be- fore breakfast , I seldom failed to see some poor fellow smarting under the ...
Page 93
... requires the co - ope- ration of all that desire , for any reason , to see an end put to a scourge so terrible . The difficulty of securing such co - operation , ` arises mostly from the diversity of views among its friends . Some of ...
... requires the co - ope- ration of all that desire , for any reason , to see an end put to a scourge so terrible . The difficulty of securing such co - operation , ` arises mostly from the diversity of views among its friends . Some of ...
Page 98
... but leave every man to do so from whatever arguments or motives he pleases . The cause requires union only in the result ; and , if its friends all unite in total abstinence , they may reach that result 6 98 UNION IN PEACE .
... but leave every man to do so from whatever arguments or motives he pleases . The cause requires union only in the result ; and , if its friends all unite in total abstinence , they may reach that result 6 98 UNION IN PEACE .
Page 106
... require military drills . Every where is the art of war falling into disuse ; even now is it barely tolerated as a necessary evil ; and some of our legislatures are calling for measures to supersede its alleged necessity by the adoption ...
... require military drills . Every where is the art of war falling into disuse ; even now is it barely tolerated as a necessary evil ; and some of our legislatures are calling for measures to supersede its alleged necessity by the adoption ...
Page 111
... require ages to finish it . We have not yet beaten swords into plough - shares , but merely kept them in their scabbards . We have not killed the monster ; we have only caged and chained him . The war - gangrene still cankers the heart ...
... require ages to finish it . We have not yet beaten swords into plough - shares , but merely kept them in their scabbards . We have not killed the monster ; we have only caged and chained him . The war - gangrene still cankers the heart ...
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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