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... Quakers .. 256 The War and our [ Colleges . 257 Destructive Projectile ..... .257 246 Slavery originating from War ...... 257 .248 Sumner on Privateering ... 258 Profits by War .... 249 Waste of life on War .. ..249 What Christians pay ...
... Quakers .. 256 The War and our [ Colleges . 257 Destructive Projectile ..... .257 246 Slavery originating from War ...... 257 .248 Sumner on Privateering ... 258 Profits by War .... 249 Waste of life on War .. ..249 What Christians pay ...
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... compromising our principles as peace - men . In this way the Quakers themselves argue and act . To prevent their views from being " confounded with the no - government theory , first 238 [ March , The enforcement of Law not War .
... compromising our principles as peace - men . In this way the Quakers themselves argue and act . To prevent their views from being " confounded with the no - government theory , first 238 [ March , The enforcement of Law not War .
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... Quakers do on this point ; for while they make the support of government an article of their faith , we hold our members to no responsibility on any other question than that of peace , and merely presume them to entertain the common ...
... Quakers do on this point ; for while they make the support of government an article of their faith , we hold our members to no responsibility on any other question than that of peace , and merely presume them to entertain the common ...
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... Quakers , from feelings bordering on ven- geance ; but would this vitiate at all the right , or lessen the duty of the government to punish the offenders ? Because its authority could not be maintained , and its laws executed , without ...
... Quakers , from feelings bordering on ven- geance ; but would this vitiate at all the right , or lessen the duty of the government to punish the offenders ? Because its authority could not be maintained , and its laws executed , without ...
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... QUAKERS . - It costs the Friends not a little money , as well as a world of vexation , to keep up their testimony on the subject o Peace . The rebels compel them either to fight , or purchase exemption each by the payment of $ 500 . We ...
... QUAKERS . - It costs the Friends not a little money , as well as a world of vexation , to keep up their testimony on the subject o Peace . The rebels compel them either to fight , or purchase exemption each by the payment of $ 500 . We ...
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Page 212 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 212 - They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 36 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Page 215 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 304 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 292 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.