Addresses on WarFor the International Union, Ginn & Company, 1871 - 319 pages |
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... navy last year were nine million dollars . Imagine half nay , a tithe of this sum given annually to objects of humanity , education , and literature ! I know of nothing in our government that troubles me more than this thought . " To ...
... navy last year were nine million dollars . Imagine half nay , a tithe of this sum given annually to objects of humanity , education , and literature ! I know of nothing in our government that troubles me more than this thought . " To ...
Page xxiv
... navy yards , which involved burdensome expenditure and encour- aged an unhealthy war fever . In 1873 , also , in the last summer of his life , he sent a letter of congratu- lation to Henry Richard , who had succeeded in carrying through ...
... navy yards , which involved burdensome expenditure and encour- aged an unhealthy war fever . In 1873 , also , in the last summer of his life , he sent a letter of congratu- lation to Henry Richard , who had succeeded in carrying through ...
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... navy . Thus , by the confession of our own Govern- ment , " the United States had appealed to arms IN VAIN . " 3 These important words are not mine ; they are words of the country . 1 Mr. Monroe to Commissioners , April 15 , 1813 ...
... navy . Thus , by the confession of our own Govern- ment , " the United States had appealed to arms IN VAIN . " 3 These important words are not mine ; they are words of the country . 1 Mr. Monroe to Commissioners , April 15 , 1813 ...
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... navy , one of the heroes nurtured by War , whose name has been praised in churches , going beyond all Greek , all Roman example , exclaimed , " Our country , right or wrong , " a sentiment dethroning God and enthroning the Devil , whose ...
... navy , one of the heroes nurtured by War , whose name has been praised in churches , going beyond all Greek , all Roman example , exclaimed , " Our country , right or wrong , " a sentiment dethroning God and enthroning the Devil , whose ...
Page 73
... navy , and ordnance , we shall have $ 208,425,974 as the annual tax of the English people , to pay for for- 1 New Spain , Vol . III . p . 431 . mer wars and prepare for new . During this same THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 73.
... navy , and ordnance , we shall have $ 208,425,974 as the annual tax of the English people , to pay for for- 1 New Spain , Vol . III . p . 431 . mer wars and prepare for new . During this same THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 73.
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Page 61 - 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 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 186 - And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into...
Page 186 - AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Page 112 - 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 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 200 - 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 208 - 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 114 - 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!