 | Hugo Grotius - International law - 1853 - 544 pages
...he himself ascribes the origin of his work. He says (Proleg. Art. 28), "I saw prevailing througheut the Christian world a license in making war, of which even barbarous natious would have been ashamed ; recourse was had to arms for slight reasous, or for no reason ; and... | |
 | Social sciences - 1879 - 826 pages
...publicist, early in the XVII. century, thus states the motives which prompted him to his great work : " For I saw, prevailing throughout the Christian world,...been ashamed ; recourse being had to arms for slight reason or no reason ; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law was... | |
 | Charles Loring Brace - Christian civilization - 1882 - 530 pages
...war, of which even barbarians would have been ashamed; recourse being had to arms for slight reason or no reason, and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law w.is thrown away, just as if men were thenceforth authorized to commit all crime without restraint."4... | |
 | United States - 1902 - 512 pages
...regard to war and in war, saw many and grave causes why I should write a work on that subject. For I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a...been ashamed, recourse being had to arms for slight 10 II reasons or no reason ; and, when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human... | |
 | Arrigo Cavaglieri - International relations - 1907 - 358 pages
...introduction to the work he describes his motives: " I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a licence in making war of which even barbarous nations would...recourse being had to arms for slight reasons or no reasons ; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for the Divine and human law was thrown away,... | |
 | Percy Bordwell - International law - 1908 - 420 pages
...regard to war, and in war, saw many and grave causes why I should write a book on that subject. For I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a...reasons or -no reason; and when arms were once taken np "Walker, I, p. 190. "Nys, La Origines. ete, p. Z4C all reverence for divine and human law was thrown... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Lawrence - Arbitration (International law) - 1908 - 232 pages
...in 1625 to write the oft-quoted words, " I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a licence in making war of which even barbarous nations would...ashamed ; recourse being had to arms for slight reasons and no reason ; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for human and divine law was thrown... | |
 | Francis William Coker - Political science - 1914 - 604 pages
...to war and in war, I have had many and grave reasons why I should write a work on that subject. For I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a...ashamed, recourse being had to arms for slight reasons or for no reason; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law was lost, just... | |
 | Charlemagne Tower - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 324 pages
...was Grotius. Unlike Hobbes, he declared: "There is a law to govern this"; when he looked on, he said: "I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a...barbarous nations would have been ashamed; recourse being made to arms for slight reasons or no reason; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Lawrence - International law - 1914 - 376 pages
...should write a work on that subject. For 1 saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a license iu making war of which even barbarous nations would have...ashamed; recourse being had to arms for slight reasons or nc reason; and when arms were once taken up, all reverence for divine and human law was thrown away,... | |
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I saw prevailing throughout the Christian world a license in making war of which even barbarous nations would have been ashamed, recourse being had to arms for slight... 
