Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong: Showing that Retaliation, Capital Punishments, and War, are Prohibited by the Gospel |
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... never fail to receive the most injuries . Could I dwell on this point , I might show from actual details , that the genuine operation and tendency of the lex talionis , so much contend- ed for by kings and priests , and statesmen , and ...
... never fail to receive the most injuries . Could I dwell on this point , I might show from actual details , that the genuine operation and tendency of the lex talionis , so much contend- ed for by kings and priests , and statesmen , and ...
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... never to re- sist nor retaliate , would surely never lead him to be the ori- ginal aggressor . Those whom kindness or humility could gain , would always be his friends ; and those whom his Chris- tian temper might induce to invade him ...
... never to re- sist nor retaliate , would surely never lead him to be the ori- ginal aggressor . Those whom kindness or humility could gain , would always be his friends ; and those whom his Chris- tian temper might induce to invade him ...
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... never to give offence , nor be the first aggressor , we shall find him , cęteris paribus , less liable to sustain re- iterated injuries than a resentful , revengeful man . If promptness and ability to retaliate afford so potent a ...
... never to give offence , nor be the first aggressor , we shall find him , cęteris paribus , less liable to sustain re- iterated injuries than a resentful , revengeful man . If promptness and ability to retaliate afford so potent a ...
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... never can in one instance promise certain security to life or property , but on the contrary , has been the direct cause of the destruction of millions of lives and a world of property . And were it to be tried on this very principle ...
... never can in one instance promise certain security to life or property , but on the contrary , has been the direct cause of the destruction of millions of lives and a world of property . And were it to be tried on this very principle ...
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... they meet them again , never to part , in the re- gions of misery , where they can no more deal mutual destruc- tion . No arguments , Sir , can be necessary to prove the inutily of that which God has expressly forbidden . I might 40.
... they meet them again , never to part , in the re- gions of misery , where they can no more deal mutual destruc- tion . No arguments , Sir , can be necessary to prove the inutily of that which God has expressly forbidden . I might 40.
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