The American Arbitration League: Annual Report of R. McMurdy, [for 1885-86].The League, 1885 - 233 pages |
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... exist . No ; it is not good , and it is not useful to make corpses . No ; it can not be that life should travail for death . No ; O mothers who sur- round me , it can not be that war , the thief , is to continue to take your off- spring ...
... exist . No ; it is not good , and it is not useful to make corpses . No ; it can not be that life should travail for death . No ; O mothers who sur- round me , it can not be that war , the thief , is to continue to take your off- spring ...
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... exists only because rulers and people choose it . war . THE WOMEN OF THE NATION who are always the greatest sufferers by a war , have their work to do for peace . The brutalizing influences of armies and of war come home to mothers and ...
... exists only because rulers and people choose it . war . THE WOMEN OF THE NATION who are always the greatest sufferers by a war , have their work to do for peace . The brutalizing influences of armies and of war come home to mothers and ...
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... exist in an age en- lightened and civilized . But it is more inexplicable still , that war should exist where Christianity has for nearly two thousand years been shedding its gentle light , and that it should be defended by arguments ...
... exist in an age en- lightened and civilized . But it is more inexplicable still , that war should exist where Christianity has for nearly two thousand years been shedding its gentle light , and that it should be defended by arguments ...
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... exist between them ; and that the President is hereby author- ized to appoint such a number of delegates from the United States as he may see fit , not to exceed ten in number , to be divided equally between political parties , who ...
... exist between them ; and that the President is hereby author- ized to appoint such a number of delegates from the United States as he may see fit , not to exceed ten in number , to be divided equally between political parties , who ...
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... exist against forcible dismemberment , will meet with serious obstacles . Several Spanish - American States still have treaties mutually guaranteeing each others ' territories ; but they are not observed by any of them . Several ...
... exist against forcible dismemberment , will meet with serious obstacles . Several Spanish - American States still have treaties mutually guaranteeing each others ' territories ; but they are not observed by any of them . Several ...
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Page 153 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 222 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 154 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our Southern Brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Page 170 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 44 - Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer, Through Cimbric forest roars the Norseman's song, And loud, amid the universal clamor, O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
Page 43 - THIS is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling, Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms ; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealing Startles the villages with strange alarms. Ah ! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony, the endless groan...
Page 126 - Whatever highway may be constructed across the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime areas of the world must be for the world's benefit, a trust for mankind, to be removed from the chance of domination by any single power, nor become a point of invitation for hostilities or a prize for warlike ambition.
Page 204 - 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 or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 43 - Startles the villages with strange alarms. Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies! I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony, the endless groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own.
Page 204 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say,' Peace I