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Excerpt from The Duel Between France and Germany: With Its Lesson to Civilization In likening war between nations to the duel, I fol low not only reason, but authority also. N 0 better lawyer can be named in the long history of the English bar than John Selden, whose learning was equalled only by his large intelligence. In those conversations which under the name of table-talk continue still to in struct, the Wise counsellor, after saying that the Church allowed the duel anciently, and that in the public litur gies there were prayers appointed for duellists to say, keenly inquires, But whether is this lawful? And then he answers, If you grant any war lawful, I make no doubt but to convince it.1 Selden regarded the simple duel and the larger war as governed by the same rule. Of course the exercise of force in the suppres sion of rebellion, or in the maintenance of laws, stands on a different principle, being in its nature a constab ulary proceeding, which cannot be confounded with the duel. But my object is not to question the lawfulness of war; I would simply present an image, enabling you to see the existing war in its true character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Duel Between France and Germany: With Its Lesson to Civilization Mr. President, - I am to speak of the Duel between France and Germany, with its Lesson to Civilization. In calling the terrible war now waging a duel, I might content myself with classical authority, duellum being a well-known Latin word for war. The historian Livy makes a Roman declare that affairs are to be settled "by a pure and pious duel"; the dramatist Plautus has a character in one of his plays who obtains great riches "by the duelling art," meaning the Art of War; and Horace, the exquisite master of language, hails the age of Augustus with the Temple of Janus closed and "free from duels," meaning at peace, for then only was that famous temple shut. War Under the Law of Nations a Duel. But no classical authority is needed for this designation. War, as conducted under International Law, between two organized nations, is in all respects a duel, according to the just signification of this word, differing from that between two individuals only in the number of combatants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.