The Works of Charles Sumner, Том 2Lee and Shepard, 1875 |
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... Civil war was branded as guilt and crime . The array of opposing forces , drawn from the bosom of the same community , knit together by the same political ties , was pronounced impious , even where they appeared under such cherished ...
... Civil war was branded as guilt and crime . The array of opposing forces , drawn from the bosom of the same community , knit together by the same political ties , was pronounced impious , even where they appeared under such cherished ...
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... civil war and foreign war is yet maintained . To the Christian , every fellow - man , whether remote or near , whether of our own country or of another , is " neigh- bor " and " brother " ; nor can any battle , whether be- tween ...
... civil war and foreign war is yet maintained . To the Christian , every fellow - man , whether remote or near , whether of our own country or of another , is " neigh- bor " and " brother " ; nor can any battle , whether be- tween ...
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... Works ! Such even now is the Heavenly Ladder on which angels are ascending and descending , while weary Humanity , on pillows of stone , slumbers heavily at its feet . ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO ON PAGE 38 . Civil War a 50 FAME AND GLORY .
... Works ! Such even now is the Heavenly Ladder on which angels are ascending and descending , while weary Humanity , on pillows of stone , slumbers heavily at its feet . ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO ON PAGE 38 . Civil War a 50 FAME AND GLORY .
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... civil war , employed by Roman writers , implicate both sides in its guilt and dishonor . Such phrases as the ... Civil War . · Valerius Maximus , in his chapter on Triumphs , shows how the victories of civil war were regarded in Rome ...
... civil war , employed by Roman writers , implicate both sides in its guilt and dishonor . Such phrases as the ... Civil War . · Valerius Maximus , in his chapter on Triumphs , shows how the victories of civil war were regarded in Rome ...
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... civil wars , and whose successes were most cruel and insolent , at his triumph , on the establishment of his power , carried in his procession the representations of many Greek and Asiatic cities , but of no town occupied by Roman ...
... civil wars , and whose successes were most cruel and insolent , at his triumph , on the establishment of his power , carried in his procession the representations of many Greek and Asiatic cities , but of no town occupied by Roman ...
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