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... Christendom . Nor do I see that the spirit of later times has been very much changed for the better , for , if we cannot be persuaded to go and attack somebody else , then it seems to be equally easy to persuade us that somebody is ...
... Christendom . Nor do I see that the spirit of later times has been very much changed for the better , for , if we cannot be persuaded to go and attack somebody else , then it seems to be equally easy to persuade us that somebody is ...
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... Christendom . It is a natural offshoot , a legiti- mate and palpable result of their war - system ; and every one , not blind or mad with prejudice in its favor , must see and admit the fact . We know well enough the stale plea of ...
... Christendom . It is a natural offshoot , a legiti- mate and palpable result of their war - system ; and every one , not blind or mad with prejudice in its favor , must see and admit the fact . We know well enough the stale plea of ...
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... Christendom , the spawn of her primitive pagan barbar- ism , knows no other means of insuring this object , than an ultimate appeal to arms . Both these points we freely conceede ; but can any person of ordinary intelligence fail to see ...
... Christendom , the spawn of her primitive pagan barbar- ism , knows no other means of insuring this object , than an ultimate appeal to arms . Both these points we freely conceede ; but can any person of ordinary intelligence fail to see ...
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... say the apologists for war , could not be avoided without the certainty of still greater evils . Possibly not under the war - policy so long prevalent throughout Christendom ; but it might have been by 1854 . 51 The Eastern Question .
... say the apologists for war , could not be avoided without the certainty of still greater evils . Possibly not under the war - policy so long prevalent throughout Christendom ; but it might have been by 1854 . 51 The Eastern Question .
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prevalent throughout Christendom ; but it might have been by a timely , honest and earnest adoption of such a policy as the friends of peace recom- mend . Still are we taunted with the inefficacy of our principles , because forsooth ...
prevalent throughout Christendom ; but it might have been by a timely , honest and earnest adoption of such a policy as the friends of peace recom- mend . Still are we taunted with the inefficacy of our principles , because forsooth ...
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Page 260 - The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Page 77 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 204 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : But we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen : But we are risen, and stand upright.
Page 138 - See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Page 332 - Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Page 126 - If unhappily any disagreement should hereafter arise between the Governments of the two republics, whether with respect to the interpretation of any stipulation in this treaty, or with respect to any other particular concerning the political or commercial relations of the two nations...
Page 159 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 85 - ... 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the* coast of the enemy. " The governments of the undersigned Plenipotentiaries engage to bring the present declaration to the knowledge of the States which have not taken part in the Congress of Paris, and to invite them to accede to it.
Page 85 - Goods, with the exception of Contraband of War; 3. Neutral Goods, with the exception of Contraband of War, are not liable to capture under Enemy's Flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 261 - We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.