A Solemn Review of the Custom of War: Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a Remedy |
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... is an affront to common sense , to pretend that milita- ry officers and soldiers have no right to inquire whether a war be just or unjust ; and that all they have to do is to obey the arders of government . Such a doctrine is fit to 6.
... is an affront to common sense , to pretend that milita- ry officers and soldiers have no right to inquire whether a war be just or unjust ; and that all they have to do is to obey the arders of government . Such a doctrine is fit to 6.
Page 7
... soldiers and most of the citizens are trea- ted as having no more right to judge of the justice or the in- justice of a war , than the horses employed in military service . On one side a war is certainly unjust and murderous . Yet on ...
... soldiers and most of the citizens are trea- ted as having no more right to judge of the justice or the in- justice of a war , than the horses employed in military service . On one side a war is certainly unjust and murderous . Yet on ...
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... soldiers , on one side or the other , have been either the slaves or the dupes of deluded or unprin- cipled rulers . The soldiers on each side often meet without over having experienced the least injury from each other ; with no enmity ...
... soldiers , on one side or the other , have been either the slaves or the dupes of deluded or unprin- cipled rulers . The soldiers on each side often meet without over having experienced the least injury from each other ; with no enmity ...
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... soldier exposes him to sudden and un- timely death , and at the same time hardens his heart , renders and him regardless of his final account . When a person goes into the army , it is expected of him , that he will rise above the fear ...
... soldier exposes him to sudden and un- timely death , and at the same time hardens his heart , renders and him regardless of his final account . When a person goes into the army , it is expected of him , that he will rise above the fear ...
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... soldiers as mere prop- erty , which they may sacrifice , or barter away at pleasure ? . War is in truth the most dreadful species of gambling . Ru- lers are the gamblers . The lives and property of their sub- jects are the things they ...
... soldiers as mere prop- erty , which they may sacrifice , or barter away at pleasure ? . War is in truth the most dreadful species of gambling . Ru- lers are the gamblers . The lives and property of their sub- jects are the things they ...
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Popular passages
Page 7 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 40 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 5 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 7 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 36 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Page 32 - 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.
Page 19 - 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.
Page 26 - But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 2 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Page 7 - For he is a 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.