Addresses on WarFor the International Union, Ginn & Company, 1871 - 319 pages |
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... rule of peace on earth , it is the noblest and the most comprehensive , save Sumner's own later address on " The War System of Nations . " There is almost no argument against war which these orations and their successor do not somehow ...
... rule of peace on earth , it is the noblest and the most comprehensive , save Sumner's own later address on " The War System of Nations . " There is almost no argument against war which these orations and their successor do not somehow ...
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... rule of peace . The first mes- sage was through Henry Ware . Mr. Ware , a gradu- ate of Harvard of the Class of 1843 , writes : I went with Professor Felton one day , just after our Com- mencement parts had been assigned , into Sumner's ...
... rule of peace . The first mes- sage was through Henry Ware . Mr. Ware , a gradu- ate of Harvard of the Class of 1843 , writes : I went with Professor Felton one day , just after our Com- mencement parts had been assigned , into Sumner's ...
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... rule both Texas and Oregon ? An ancient Roman , ignorant of Christian truth , touched only by the relation of fellow- countryman , and not of fellow - man , said , as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest , that he 8 THE ...
... rule both Texas and Oregon ? An ancient Roman , ignorant of Christian truth , touched only by the relation of fellow- countryman , and not of fellow - man , said , as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest , that he 8 THE ...
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... rules by which it is gov- erned , constituting a complex code , with innumerable subtile provisions regulating the resort to it and the manner in which it must be conducted , called the Laws of War . In these quarters we catch our first ...
... rules by which it is gov- erned , constituting a complex code , with innumerable subtile provisions regulating the resort to it and the manner in which it must be conducted , called the Laws of War . In these quarters we catch our first ...
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... rules of wrong ! There can be only one Law of War , - that is , the great law which pronounces it unwise , unjust , and unchristian . radiates as from a bloody sun , penetrating innumerable homes THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 29.
... rules of wrong ! There can be only one Law of War , - that is , the great law which pronounces it unwise , unjust , and unchristian . radiates as from a bloody sun , penetrating innumerable homes THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS . 29.
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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!