Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations: For the Adjustment of International Disputes, and for the Promotion of Universal Peace Without Resort to Arms. Together with a Sixth Essay, Comprising the Substance of the Rejected EssaysWhipple & Damrell, 1840 - 706 páginas |
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... perhaps superior , to those selected ; but they were only introduc- tory to the subject of a Congress of Nations . They were very good Essays on the general subject of Peace and War ; and it is very desirable that they should be given ...
... perhaps superior , to those selected ; but they were only introduc- tory to the subject of a Congress of Nations . They were very good Essays on the general subject of Peace and War ; and it is very desirable that they should be given ...
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... perhaps , urged some , of gentle mood , like Pocahontas , * to interpose their own persons between the object and the instrument of barbarous vengeance . The advancement of civilization , which we rejoice to believe is destined to ...
... perhaps , urged some , of gentle mood , like Pocahontas , * to interpose their own persons between the object and the instrument of barbarous vengeance . The advancement of civilization , which we rejoice to believe is destined to ...
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... perhaps creatures of passion more than of reason , acting rather upon impulse than on reflection . But this feature of resemblance between the brute and human races is gradually worn away . The necessities of life call into exercise the ...
... perhaps creatures of passion more than of reason , acting rather upon impulse than on reflection . But this feature of resemblance between the brute and human races is gradually worn away . The necessities of life call into exercise the ...
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... Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the present age , is that tendency to associated effort , which is creating so many societies of a religious , a moral , a scientific , or a business character ; -a tendency which manifests itself ...
... Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the present age , is that tendency to associated effort , which is creating so many societies of a religious , a moral , a scientific , or a business character ; -a tendency which manifests itself ...
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... . 42. It may be suspected by some , perhaps , that such maxims have found credence in more recent days . Cicero , De Officiis , lib . 1 , c . xii . Yet even in the early ages of Greece , we 31 39 CONGRESS OF NATIONS .
... . 42. It may be suspected by some , perhaps , that such maxims have found credence in more recent days . Cicero , De Officiis , lib . 1 , c . xii . Yet even in the early ages of Greece , we 31 39 CONGRESS OF NATIONS .
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Página 621 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." (Micah iv.): 1 . " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains...
Página 21 - For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Página 86 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Página 621 - Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Página 622 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Página 693 - We make daily great improvements in natural — there is one I wish to see in moral — philosophy : the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats.
Página 622 - And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war...
Página 648 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Página 666 - LEGARE, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following REPORT : The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of...
Página 357 - And if we cannot yet flatter ourselves that this may be accomplished as advances towards it, the establishment of the principle that the friendly flag shall cover the cargo, the curtailment of contraband of war, and the proscription of fictitious paper blockades — engagements which we may reasonably hope will not prove impracticable — will, if successfully inculcated, redound proportionally to our honor, and drain the fountain of many a future sanguinary war.