 | 1834 - 600 էջ
...finally of settling all national controversies by an appeal to reason, as becomes rational beings, and not by physical force, as is worthy only of brute...public opinion as it now is, but by public opinion enlightened by the Gospel of Peace." Now are these objects visionary ? Are these schemes impracticable... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). City Council - 1892 - 1022 էջ
...not by physical force, as is worthy only of brute beasts; and this shall be done," they continued, " by a congress of Christian nations, whose decrees shall be enforced by public opinion." As long ago as 1835 the Legislature of this Commonwealth passed resolutions declaring that some mode... | |
 | 1902 - 484 էջ
...but few friends. The first circular issued by the Society seventy-five years ago this month said : " We hope to increase and promote the practice, already...enforced by public opinion that rules the world." The Society early moved for governmental action in the way of providing substitutes for war, and has... | |
 | Edson Leone Whitney - 1928 - 372 էջ
...impressment and conscription. One sentence should be quoted in full as illustrative of the views of Ladd: "We hope to increase and promote the practice already...be enforced by public opinion that rules the world. * * * Then wars shall cease." This platform of Ladd is still today the platform of the American Peace... | |
 | F. H. Hinsley - 1967 - 742 էջ
...national differences would be submitted to 'amicable discussion and arbitration* through 'a Congress of Nations whose decrees shall be enforced by public opinion that rules the world'.4 Arbitration between nations under the auspices of a 'Congress of Nations', the programme developed... | |
 | Nick Lewer - 1992 - 156 էջ
...by an appeal to reason, as becomes rational creatures . . . and this shall be done by a Congress of Nations, whose decrees shall be enforced by public opinion that rules the world . . . Then wars shall The proponents of the Free Trade Movement (which started about 1830 with the... | |
 | Peter Moore, Tyler - 1999 - 638 էջ
...by a circular letter written by Ladd which served as a more detailed prospectus. We hope [he said] to increase and promote the practice already begun...be enforced by public opinion that rules the world. Ladd's platform was very broad. Any and every method for arousing public opinion in favor of peace... | |
 | Helmut K Anheier, Mary Kaldor, Marlies Glasius - 2006 - 396 էջ
...controversies by an appeal to reason, as becomes rational creatures. ...this shall be done by a Congress of Nations whose decrees shall be enforced by public opinion that rules the world. ..Then wars will cease... (Quoted in Howard 1978:40-1) The first International Peace Convention was... | |
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We hope to increase and promote the practice already begun, of submitting national differences to amicable discussion and arbitration ; and finally, of settling all national controversies by an appeal to reason, as becomes rational creatures, and not... 