 At length we are in peace, God be praised, and long, very long, may it continue! All wars are follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration ? Were they...  Edwards's Military Catalogue: Books, Pamphlets, Plates, &c. on Military ... - Pàgina 636per Francis Edwards (Firm) - 1908 - 648 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pàgines
...wars are folhes, very expensive and very mischievous ones : when will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration ? were they to do it even by the cast of a dye, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on when travelling... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones : when will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration ? were they to do it even by the cast of a dye, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on when travelling... | |
 | 1833 - 574 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration...better than by fighting and destroying each other.' In 1774, Dr. Franklin thus writes from London to a friend in this country on the subject of some imputations,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1833 - 322 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration...better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on, when travelling will be delightful. Can you not, when you see your children all... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1837 - 554 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration...better than by fighting and destroying each other." Washington says, " It is time for the age of knight-errantry and mad heroism to be at an end. Young... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 592 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration...better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on, when travelling will be deligWfuL Can you not, when you see your children all... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1840 - 584 pàgines
...ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration 1 Were they to do it, even by the cast of a die, it...better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on, when travelling will be delightful. Can you not, when you see your children all... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - 338 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. When wifi mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration?...better than by fighting and destroying each other. Spring is coming on, when travelling will be delightful. Can you not, when your children are all at... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pàgines
...wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration...even by the cast of a die, it would be better than by lighting and destroying each other. Let ne conclude by saying to you what I have had too frequent occasi... | |
 | 1845 - 648 pàgines
...?ery mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration ? Were they to do it even by the cast...better than by fighting and destroying each other. — We daily make great improvements in natural philosophy; there is one I wish to see in moral —... | |
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