And surely all our declamations on the strength of human reason, and the eminence of our virtues, are no more than the cant and jargon of pride and ignorance, so long as there is such a thing as war in the world. Men in general can never be allowed to be reasonable creatures, till they know not war any more. So long as this monster stalks uncontrolled, where is reason, virtue, humanity? They are utterly excluded; they have no place; they are a name, and nothing more. If even a Heathen were to give an account of an age wherein reason and virtue reigned, he would allow no war to have place therein. So Ovid of the golden age: —

     Steep ditches did not then the towns surround,
Nor glittering helm, nor slaughtering sword was found;
     Nor arms had they to wield, nor wars to wage,
     But peace and safety crown'd the blissful age.

From The Works of John Wesley, Thomas Jackson, Ed. "The Doctrine of Original Sin – Part I," Vol. 9, p. 223.