Author: Bernard Barton

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Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9781330949030

Excerpt from Napoleon, and Other Poems With regard to the sentiments expressed in the poem on the subject of war; the author rather wishes to submit them to the indulgence of his readers, and respectfully to request for them their serious reflection, than argumentatively to attempt their defence. He admits them to be the sentiments of one to whom all war, under the Christian dispensation, is unlawful. But as this opinion is the avowed and well-known tenet of a religious society, with which he has never concealed his own connexion, and whose faith and doctrine on this important topic is cordially assented to by him; he can hardly conceive it possible for what he has written either to excite surprise, or to give offence. That war is an evil, is perhaps one of those truisms which require no elaborate demonstration. That it is incompatible with the mild and beneficent spirit of the Gospel, perhaps none, who rightly estimate and truly feel the influence of that spirit, will deny. 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.