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Excerpt from The Apostle of Peace: Memoir of William Ladd Such was the philanthropy of William Ladd, and such was the eye with which he looked, the heart with which he felt, the hand with which he worked, and the life he led, for the common weal of mankind. The order or mission of philan thropy to which he gave all these faculties of his life was at the time but just instituted. N 0 other special work of good will to man set agoing since the angels sung their song to that string and tune, ever required more faith and hope against hope. It was the effort to abolish a system of vio lence and bloodshed, which every year, from the żood to Waterloo, had destroyed more human lives than perished in the waters that upbore Noah's ark, or at that average of de struction. Christianity had not checked war, neither by making it less frequent or furious. Even when paganism had succumbed before the banners of the Cross, religious wars between nations that raised those banners against each other, raged with heathen fury sometimes for a generation. Christendom was one continuous field of battle, with only short breathing spaces called times of peace. All the nations of the civilized world, including America, had just emerged from a long and terrible struggle, terminating at Waterloo. They were all still bleeding with their wounds, and burning with animosities that blood had not quenched. Heroism, chivalry, patriotism, military history and glory of all the Grecian and Roman centuries; of the middle ages, and all other ages; Homer, Virgil, and all the classical romance of martial deeds and daring, all these took hold of press, pul pit, and people, and made a new literature in prose and verse to feed the appetites they created. Such was the time at which a few men in private life, of small inżuence, but of great faith and holy purpose, came together, each band a lit tle handful, in London and Boston, almost simultaneously, without concert or mutual knowledge. These men, few and feeble in political and social force, addressed their minds toe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Peace studies & conflict resolution

• Pełny tytuł: Apostle of Peace
• Podtytuł: Memoir of William Ladd (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: John Hemmenway
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 278
• EAN: 9781331206743
• ISBN: 9781331206743
• ID: 09729470
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 376 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 15 mm
• Data wydania: 11. July 2015

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