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 páginas |
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... question to be considered is this ; cannot the state of so- ciety and the views of civilized men be so changed as to abolish a barbarous custom , and render wars unnecessary and avoidable ? If this question may be answered in the ...
... question to be considered is this ; cannot the state of so- ciety and the views of civilized men be so changed as to abolish a barbarous custom , and render wars unnecessary and avoidable ? If this question may be answered in the ...
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... question may be brought home to every society . How seldom do children of a mild , forbearing temper ex- perience insult or injury , compared with the waspish , who will sting if touched ? The same inquiry may be made in respect to ...
... question may be brought home to every society . How seldom do children of a mild , forbearing temper ex- perience insult or injury , compared with the waspish , who will sting if touched ? The same inquiry may be made in respect to ...
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... question , and when the probabilities are as ten to one against him , that even that small amount will not be secured by the contest . It must however again be remarked , that war makers do not usually give their own lives , but the ...
... question , and when the probabilities are as ten to one against him , that even that small amount will not be secured by the contest . It must however again be remarked , that war makers do not usually give their own lives , but the ...
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... question , whether war is now the effect of delusion , we must con- sider what mankind are , and not what they would have been , had wars never been introduced . To this we reply We should consider both ; and by what ought to have been ...
... question , whether war is now the effect of delusion , we must con- sider what mankind are , and not what they would have been , had wars never been introduced . To this we reply We should consider both ; and by what ought to have been ...
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... question to be decided at a higher court than that of any earthly sovereign , and by a law superior to the law of nations . The answer of a pirate to Alexander the Great , was as just as it was severe : " By what right , " said the king ...
... question to be decided at a higher court than that of any earthly sovereign , and by a law superior to the law of nations . The answer of a pirate to Alexander the Great , was as just as it was severe : " By what right , " said the king ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 203 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 104 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.