International Morality; Or, the Touchstone of the Law of Nations

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G. Woodfall and Son, 1851 - 156 страница
 

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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 55 - He hath the rule of right within. What is wanting is only that he honestly attend to it.
Страница 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...
Страница 30 - By what we can discover of his designs and disposition from his works; or, as we usually call it, the light of nature.
Страница 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...

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