Addresses on WarFor the International Union, Ginn & Company, 1882 - 319 pages |
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Page xi
... , if we are to help civilization forward and not back- ward , then the young men of our universities and all those who look at war and national defence and national grandeur in the old way have got to be INTRODUCTION . xi.
... , if we are to help civilization forward and not back- ward , then the young men of our universities and all those who look at war and national defence and national grandeur in the old way have got to be INTRODUCTION . xi.
Page xii
... defence and upbuilding and influence of the nation instantly dissolve , stamped all as vicious and fallacious . Our thoughts on what it is that makes a nation strong need almost all of them to be turned . inside out . Our economics and ...
... defence and upbuilding and influence of the nation instantly dissolve , stamped all as vicious and fallacious . Our thoughts on what it is that makes a nation strong need almost all of them to be turned . inside out . Our economics and ...
Page xiii
... defence or for national offence is the duty imposed upon the patriot ; but the man who votes for guns and gun - boats with a glow and an excitement which he does not feel when he has opportunity to help on the great interests of edu ...
... defence or for national offence is the duty imposed upon the patriot ; but the man who votes for guns and gun - boats with a glow and an excitement which he does not feel when he has opportunity to help on the great interests of edu ...
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... defence , the need of de- struction and defence would quickly cease . With two causes the name of the great Harvard senator is identified , -the cause of freedom and the cause of peace . From the wall of the memorial hall which Harvard ...
... defence , the need of de- struction and defence would quickly cease . With two causes the name of the great Harvard senator is identified , -the cause of freedom and the cause of peace . From the wall of the memorial hall which Harvard ...
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... defence , by placing some trust in the latent and dormant energies of the nation . — SIR ROBERT PEEL , Hansard's Parliamentary Debates , March 12 , 1850 . - Let us terminate this disastrous system of rival expenditure , and mu- tually ...
... defence , by placing some trust in the latent and dormant energies of the nation . — SIR ROBERT PEEL , Hansard's Parliamentary Debates , March 12 , 1850 . - Let us terminate this disastrous system of rival expenditure , and mu- tually ...
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Page 260 - Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal, and unsure To all that fortune, death and danger dare, Even for an egg-shell.
Page 61 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 110 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 198 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse...
Page 184 - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Page 206 - We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of a plan, that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats.
Page 112 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
Page 83 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 225 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.