Sakuyei Takahashi

“ Andrew D. White, in his address on the Fourth of July, 1899, to the American delegates at The Hague, when he placed the wreath on the tomb of Grotius in the new church at Delft, used these words :
"Of all works not claiming divine inspiration, that book, written by a man proscribed and hated both for his politics and his religion, has proved the greatest blessing to humanity. More than any other, it has prevented unmerited suffering, misery and sorrow; more than any other, it has ennobled the military profession ”

“ But, we are sorry to say, they mistook the legal meaning of the 24-hour rules ; and consequently there took place the curious case which is known as "The Linois Case." This case is very like that of the Tuscarora and the Nashville in 1861-1862. The fact is that a French man-of-war, the Linois, availed herself of the opportunity to abuse an existing defect in the Japanese neutrality regulation and used the port of Yokohama as the base of operations.
"To suffer is a reward" is an old motto. ”

“ The cause of the success of Grotius is the application of the law of nature to the intercourse of nations. At the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries, belief in a law of nature was universal among educated men. The revival of learning greatly extended the influence of the theory, and its connection with Koman law made it one of the favorite conceptions of jurists. Grotius did not fail to take advantage of it and utilized the theory of natural law as w^ell ”

“ Cannibalism was frequently preceded by murder. Human beings, turned by misery into wild beasts, rivalled the beasts in ferocity and foulness. In the remote country districts religion died, and learning perished from the universities. ”