International Morality; Or, the Touchstone of the Law of NationsG. Woodfall and Son, 1851 - 156 pages |
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... regards these professors of the law of nature and nations , were I , as an English lawyer , consulted , the following passages from their works would be underscored : which , I venture to think , would be am- ply sufficient for their ...
... regards these professors of the law of nature and nations , were I , as an English lawyer , consulted , the following passages from their works would be underscored : which , I venture to think , would be am- ply sufficient for their ...
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... regard only our own know- ledge of them — a knowledge that seems to partake much of the changes of the world's fashions ? -when to - day we see the Copernican system admired , to - morrow its author condemned by the Inquisition ; Des ...
... regard only our own know- ledge of them — a knowledge that seems to partake much of the changes of the world's fashions ? -when to - day we see the Copernican system admired , to - morrow its author condemned by the Inquisition ; Des ...
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... regards , all those affections of mind , which are due immediately to Him from such a creature as man , and which rest in Him as their end . As this does not include servile fear , so neither will any other regards , how reasonable ...
... regards , all those affections of mind , which are due immediately to Him from such a creature as man , and which rest in Him as their end . As this does not include servile fear , so neither will any other regards , how reasonable ...
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... regards Malta , and his gigantic preparations by sea and land for a descent upon England , or Ireland , or both , created that inexorable necessity which justifies an appeal to arms in self - defence . In fact , although England was the ...
... regards Malta , and his gigantic preparations by sea and land for a descent upon England , or Ireland , or both , created that inexorable necessity which justifies an appeal to arms in self - defence . In fact , although England was the ...
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... regard to the dominion of the seas : few subjects have called into ac- tion more learned discussions . Grotius's Mare liberum , Selden's Mare clausum , and Bynkershoek's Quæstiones publicis juris , are , perhaps , the most conspicuous ...
... regard to the dominion of the seas : few subjects have called into ac- tion more learned discussions . Grotius's Mare liberum , Selden's Mare clausum , and Bynkershoek's Quæstiones publicis juris , are , perhaps , the most conspicuous ...
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Page 28 - Le droit des gens est naturellement fondé sur ce principe, que les diverses nations doivent se faire dans la paix le plus de bien, et dans la guerre le moins de mal qu'il est possible , sans nuire à leurs véritables intérêts.
Page 43 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 43 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.- And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 15 - O shame to men ! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace ; and, God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife, Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy : As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enow besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.
Page 96 - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.
Page 43 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 55 - He hath the rule of right within. What is wanting is only that he honestly attend to it.
Page 37 - ... revelation, as those from which the science of morality is deduced. There is a natural and a positive law of nations. By the former every state, in its relations with other states, is bound to conduct itself •with justice, good faith, and benevolence; and this application of the law of nature has been called by Vattel the necessary law of nations, because nations are bound by the law of nature to observe it; and it is termed by others the internal law of nations, because it is obligatory upon...
Page 30 - By what we can discover of his designs and disposition from his works; or, as we usually call it, the light of nature.
Page 54 - As the idea of a civil constitution implies in it united strength, various subordinations under one direction — that of the supreme authority; the different strength of each particular member of the society not coming into the idea — whereas, if you leave out the subordination, the union, and the one direction, you destroy and lose it...