Excerpt from The Ensign of Peace Many eminent Philosophers and Divines have laboured with unwearied assiduity for the general good of Mankind, and left behind them a multiplicity of excellent rules, in order to instruct and lead men in the paths of virtue and temperance. I do not pretend to any great degree of knowledge in Philosophy, Divinity, or Physic; yet am certain, that I have hit upon a Medicine which will reduce the Flesh (in a great measure) to the Will of the Spirit, and induce men to walk with pleasure through life, in a more than ordinary good irate of bodily health. A great deal has been said in several pompous advertisements respecting the cure of diseases, though few, I believe, have answered the end proposed. 'Tis far from my design to impose upon the public; and, I hope, such as make a sufficient trial of the Medicine will have no reason to complain of its effects. 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.

Excerpt from The Flag of Peace: And Other Poems The flag of peace O Nations of Earth! Make a banner of Peace, All emblem to wave when carnage shall cease, From ocean to ocean forever unfurled, A love-gift of Heaven illuming the world; Not for glory of gold, for nations or cast, but to float o'er all people in Peace at last. Peace to the land now red from the battle. Peace to the cannon and canister's rattle. Furled be the flag of the conflict on ocean, Stilled be the waters from wars bloody potion: As quiet of eve, when the sun falls asleep, A soft song of peace o'er the land and the deep. In the flag we exalt, weave threads of love, As pure deep and true as the heavens above; Let every fold that the winds may lift, Proclaim the sweet, wonderful, world-wide gift; By the breezes kissed, let it ever wave As Life new-born, to the Free and the Slave. Over North and South, over East and West, Over valley and plain and mountain's white crest, Where great cities lie, a tumult of toil, Where laborers harrow the sodden soil, Float there the Flag, 'tis the Century's right, The breaking of day from the shades of night. This be the waiting, the long years' reward. Prayers that are answered for those 'neath the sward; Tho folded in death be the warriors hands, Victory theirs in the Peace of the lands; The sorrows of Mothers, the flaming of Mars, Quenched in the light of the rising stars O Nations of Earth! Make a Flag of forgiving. Make a Flag of glory in loving and living; Crush not our hearts with burdens of sorrow, End the brief day with a Peace for the morrow. A Peace to the land now red from the battle, A Peace to the cannon and canister's rattle 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.

Excerpt from Trumpet and Flag: And Other Poems of War and Peace The best thanks of the Author are due to the Editors of the Spectator, Speaker, Pilot, Daily News, Westminster Gazette, and Chambers' journal, for granting permission to reprint such of the following verses as have already appeared in those periodicals. With regard to the poems on Paul Kruger and Czar Nicholas II it should be noted that the former was first published before the out break of the South African War, and the latter shortly after the issue of the Peace Manifesto. 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.

A long time ago in China, there existed three Books of Peace that proved so threatening to the reigning powers that they had them burned. Many years later Maxine Hong Kingston wrote a Fourth Book of Peace, but it too was burned--in the catastrophic Berkeley-Oakland Hills fire of 1991, a fire that coincided with the death of her father. Now in this visionary and redemptive work, Kingston completes her interrupted labor, weaving fiction and memoir into a luminous meditation on war and peace, devastation and renewal.

Excerpt from Our Flag and Our Songs: A Brief Story of the Origin and Life of the United States Flag With a Selection of the Songs That Have Inspired the Nation in War and Peace In New England a pine tree, frequently with a motto, or a pine tree and cross, in the field, with a red or blue flag, was the most popular device. 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.

Excerpt from Heroes of Peace The belief that lingers in school-books and newspapers that war is the mother of the higher virtues will never yield to a frontal attack. It must be fought, as intemperance must be fought, by counter-attractions, by building up a rival ideal. The qualities which have won it a reputa tion as a school of patriotism must be shown at work in the service of other and nobler causes. 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.