The Friend of Peace: To which is Prefixed A Solemn Review of the Custom of War; Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a RemedyAnsel Phelps, 1817 - 281 |
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... sentiments you have expressed . I think I should be willing to exert myself to put an end to duelling , if I could see a fair prospect of success . But you are aware , sir that the preposses- sions of many gentlemen , especially in the ...
... sentiments you have expressed . I think I should be willing to exert myself to put an end to duelling , if I could see a fair prospect of success . But you are aware , sir that the preposses- sions of many gentlemen , especially in the ...
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... sentiments of serious people in general , and in- deed of a vast portion of community , are already so de- cidedly opposed to the custom , that they would rejoice in any effort to bring it into universal disrepute . In New England the ...
... sentiments of serious people in general , and in- deed of a vast portion of community , are already so de- cidedly opposed to the custom , that they would rejoice in any effort to bring it into universal disrepute . In New England the ...
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... sentiments . fore , this custom prevails , the greater curity of human life , the greater the als in society , and the more a blood thirsty disposition will prevail through the land . The more , there- must be the inse- corruption of ...
... sentiments . fore , this custom prevails , the greater curity of human life , the greater the als in society , and the more a blood thirsty disposition will prevail through the land . The more , there- must be the inse- corruption of ...
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... sentiments , and the thirst for blood will abate , and the custom of war will lose its popularity . I might say more on this point , but your own reflections will supply many defects . Sir , LETTER IV . I HAVE already hinted at one ...
... sentiments , and the thirst for blood will abate , and the custom of war will lose its popularity . I might say more on this point , but your own reflections will supply many defects . Sir , LETTER IV . I HAVE already hinted at one ...
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... sentiments of the Review , at least many of them , accord with those I have had the pleasure of communicating . If the author is correct on the point he has discussed , as I prevailing- ly think he is , there is an alarming error in the ...
... sentiments of the Review , at least many of them , accord with those I have had the pleasure of communicating . If the author is correct on the point he has discussed , as I prevailing- ly think he is , there is an alarming error in the ...
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Strona 202 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Strona 202 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace...
Strona 203 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Strona 193 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Strona 67 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Strona 217 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Strona 104 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...
Strona 217 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Strona 217 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Strona 53 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen ; yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.