The Peace Reading Book Being A Series Of Selections Condemnatory Of The Principles And Practices Of War

Author : H. G. Adams
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ISBN 13 : 9781331838937
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book The Peace Reading-Book written by H. G. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Peace Reading-Book: Being a Series of Selections From the Sacred Scriptures, the Early Christian Fathers, and Historians, Philosophers, and Poets, the Wise and Thoughtful of All Ages; Condemnatory of the Principles and Practices of War, and Dedicating Them of True Christia Dr. Dick, in his work, On the Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind, thus alludes to the old spelling and lesson-book: - "The exhibit scenes and sentiments which ought not to be familiarized to the minds of children, and which are repugnant to the spirit and practice of genuine Christianity. In almost every page, both of the prosaic and the poetic extracts, the war gong is ever and anon resounding in our ears, and the 'confused noise of the warrior, with garments rolled in blood.' The Caesars, the Alexanders, and the Buonapartes, of ancient and modem times, instead of being held up to execration as the ravagers and destroyers of mankind, are set forth to view as glorious conquerors and illustrious heroes, whose characters and exploits demand our admiration, and applause. And if at any time, the minds of the young imbibe the sentiments which pervade their lessons, it is generally when they breathe a warlike spirit, and exhibit those desolations and ravages which ambition and revenge have produced in the world; and when they themselves are trained to speak at an examination, and arrayed in warlike habiliments, with guns, or spears, or darts, to ape the revengeful exploits of a Norval and a Glenalvon. I have beheld the young, when engaged in such exhibitions, eulogized and applauded by their examinators and surrounding spectators, more than on account of all the other scholastic improvements they had acquired. To this cause doubtless, as well as others, is to be attributed the spirit of warfare and contention, which still reigns in the theatre of the political world, and which has desolated and disgraced, and demoralized every nation under heaven. I have known a teacher, who has turned over page after page, in some of the works now referred to, in search of a passage worthy of being committed to memory, and who could not in conscience fix upon any one in a long series of extracts, on account of its being imbued with this antichristian spirit!!" 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."