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The army or the church

The cartoon on the left shows a soldier using his bayonet to push along a conscript; the one on the right shows a conscript taking refuge in a church.

Credits: The illustration on the left: Don’t you see the point?,  Harper’s Weekly, 29 August 1863. Cartoon on the right: Quakers and the military service, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, NZ.

The cartoon on the left shows a soldier using his bayonet to push along a conscript; the one on the right shows a conscript taking refuge in a church.