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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... less value , than what has been expended and destroyed within two centuries by wars in Christen- dom . Suppose , then , that one fifth of this amount had been judiciously laid out by peace associations in the different states and ...
... less value , than what has been expended and destroyed within two centuries by wars in Christen- dom . Suppose , then , that one fifth of this amount had been judiciously laid out by peace associations in the different states and ...
Pàgina 11
... less than by an appeal to arms ? When an individual appeals to a court of justice for the redress of wrongs , it is not always the case that he obtains his right . Still such an appeal is more honorable , more safe , and more certain ...
... less than by an appeal to arms ? When an individual appeals to a court of justice for the redress of wrongs , it is not always the case that he obtains his right . Still such an appeal is more honorable , more safe , and more certain ...
Pàgina 12
... afforded , of the facility with which they , who are really sincere and friendly in their views , may live in harmony with those who are supposed to be peculiarly fierce and faith- less . " 2 Shall then this " solitary " but successful " ...
... afforded , of the facility with which they , who are really sincere and friendly in their views , may live in harmony with those who are supposed to be peculiarly fierce and faith- less . " 2 Shall then this " solitary " but successful " ...
Pàgina 15
... less than 50,000 lives must be sacrificed ; and while the chief agent in making the war would not have given his own life , to secure to his nation every thing that he claimed from the other ? And are rulers to be upheld in thus ...
... less than 50,000 lives must be sacrificed ; and while the chief agent in making the war would not have given his own life , to secure to his nation every thing that he claimed from the other ? And are rulers to be upheld in thus ...
Pàgina 16
... less of the same want of feeling , and the same undervaluing of human life , ex- tends through the nation , in proportion to the frequency of battles , and the duration of war . If any thing be done by the army of one nation , which is ...
... less of the same want of feeling , and the same undervaluing of human life , ex- tends through the nation , in proportion to the frequency of battles , and the duration of war . If any thing be done by the army of one nation , which is ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 203 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 104 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.