The Rights of War and Peace

INTRODUCTION

THE WORK AND INFLUENCE OF HUGO GROTIUS.

The claims of the great work of Grotius, "_De Jure Belli ac Pacis_," to be included in a list of Universal Classics, do not rest upon the felicity of style usually expected in a classic composition. His work is marked by frequent rhetorical deformities, tedious and involved forms of reasoning, and perplexing obscur...