Report of the proceedings of the third General peace congress, held in Frankfort ... 1850C. Gilpin, 1851 - 77 pages |
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accomplishment adopted America arbitration armaments armed assembly attention August Belgium blessings blood brethren Brussels Burritt called Christian Church civilization Cobden Cologne Committee common countrymen delegates deputation diplomatists doctrine duty earnest Elihu Burritt EMILE DE GIRARDIN England English Europe evil expressed feel force France Frankfort Frankfort-on-the-Maine FREDERIC BASTIAT French friends of Peace gentlemen German GIRARDIN governments heart honour hope humanity idea interest international law intervention JOSEPH STURGE justice labour language legislation liberty London Bridge Station means meeting ments military millions mind moral nations noble o'clock object Paris Parliament party Peace Congress political prejudices present President principle of non-intervention proposed proposition public opinion question reason received religion representatives resolution respect Rhine Richard Richard Cobden sentiments settle Sir Robert Peel society speak spirit standing armies suffrage thing treaty tribune truth United unity universal peace Visschers wish
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Page 61 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Page 42 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 19 - Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
Page 51 - ... of the league, and not an indissoluble union like that which exists between the several states of North America founded on a municipal constitution. Such a congress and such a league are the only means of realizing the idea of a true public law, according to which the differences between nations would be determined by civil proceedings as those between individuals are determined by civil judicature, instead of resorting to war, a means of redress worthy only of barbarians."0 637.
Page 13 - Hoffnung. Es reden und träumen die Menschen viel Von bessern künftigen Tagen; Nach einem glücklichen, goldenen Ziel Sieht man sie rennen und jagen. Die Welt wird alt und wird wieder jung, Doch der Mensch hofft immer Verbesserung.
Page 16 - on the broad pathway of good faith and good will ; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you children, for parents sometimes chide their children too severely ; nor brothers only, for brothers differ. The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain, for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts; we are all one flesh and blood.
Page 54 - The United States of America and the Republic of Panama being desirous to insure the construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Congress of the United States of America having passed an act approved June...
Page vii - ... of all would be one of the finest collections of Christian eloquence, and of enlightened morals, and of sound political philosophy, that ever was presented to the world. I could not fasten on another cause more fitted to call forth such a variety of talent, and to rally around it so many of the generous and accomplished sons of humanity, and to give each of them a devotedness, and a power far beyond whatever could be sent into the hearts of enthusiasts, by the mere impulse of literary ambition.
Page vii - I look with confidence to a gradual revolution in the state of public opinion — from the omnipotence of gospel-truth working its silent but effectual, way through the families of mankind — yet I will not deny that much may be done to accelerate the advent of perpetual and universal peace, by a distinct body of men embarking their every talent, and their every...
Page vii - I will not deny that much may be done to accelerate the advent of perpetual and universal peace, by a distinct body of men embarking their every talent, and their every acquirement, in the prosecution of this as a distinct object.