War and Peace: The Evils of the First, and a Plan for Preserving the Last

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Wiley and Putnam, 1842 - 101 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 4 - ... liberty to the captive, and the opening of the prison doors to them that were bound...
Σελίδα 82 - The Swiss have had the precaution in all their alliances among themselves, and even in those they have contracted with the neighboring powers, to agree beforehand on the manner in which their disputes were to be submitted to arbitrators, in case they could not adjust them in an amicable manner. This wise precaution has not a little contributed to maintain the Helvetic Republic in that flourishing state which secures its liberty, and renders it respectable throughout Europe' "But it may be said, a...
Σελίδα 46 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Σελίδα 46 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them, that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Σελίδα 1 - 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.

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