Addresses on WarFor the International Union, Ginn & Company, 1871 - 319 pages |
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... examples , submitted to a judicial tribunal ; and " Whereas Arbitration has been formally recognized as a substitute for war in the determination of differences between nations , being especially recommended by the Congress of Paris ...
... examples , submitted to a judicial tribunal ; and " Whereas Arbitration has been formally recognized as a substitute for war in the determination of differences between nations , being especially recommended by the Congress of Paris ...
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... example , inspires a love for God and man . This is the Christian hero ; this is the man of honor in a Christian land . He is no benefactor , nor worthy of honor , whatever his worldly renown , whose life is absorbed in feats of brute ...
... example , inspires a love for God and man . This is the Christian hero ; this is the man of honor in a Christian land . He is no benefactor , nor worthy of honor , whatever his worldly renown , whose life is absorbed in feats of brute ...
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... example . My aim is higher . I wish to expose an irrational , cruel , and impious custom , sanctioned by the Law of Nations . On this account I resort to that supreme law for the definition on which I plant my- self in the effort I now ...
... example . My aim is higher . I wish to expose an irrational , cruel , and impious custom , sanctioned by the Law of Nations . On this account I resort to that supreme law for the definition on which I plant my- self in the effort I now ...
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... example — humiliating to both countries of our last war with Great Britain , where the professed object was to obtain a renunciation of the British claim , so defiantly asserted , to impress our seamen . To overturn this injustice the ...
... example — humiliating to both countries of our last war with Great Britain , where the professed object was to obtain a renunciation of the British claim , so defiantly asserted , to impress our seamen . To overturn this injustice the ...
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... example , and also an argument ; but it is for nations . Here is something to be imitated ; and here also is an appeal to the reason . If individuals or communities once rec- ognized the Truce of God , why not again ? And why may not ...
... example , and also an argument ; but it is for nations . Here is something to be imitated ; and here also is an appeal to the reason . If individuals or communities once rec- ognized the Truce of God , why not again ? And why may not ...
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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!