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... Effects . · VI . On the Acquisition of Territory and Property by Right of Conquest . • · VII . On the Right over Prisoners of War VIII . On Empire over the Conquered · • IX . Of the Right of Postliminium XI . The Right of Killing ...
... Effects . · VI . On the Acquisition of Territory and Property by Right of Conquest . • · VII . On the Right over Prisoners of War VIII . On Empire over the Conquered · • IX . Of the Right of Postliminium XI . The Right of Killing ...
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... effect can only arise from a general cause . Now scarce any other cause can be assigned for so general an opinion , but the com- mon sense , as it is called , of mankind . There is a sen- tence of Hesiod that has been much praised ...
... effect can only arise from a general cause . Now scarce any other cause can be assigned for so general an opinion , but the com- mon sense , as it is called , of mankind . There is a sen- tence of Hesiod that has been much praised ...
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... effect of habit and acquirement , but forms a part in the original complexion of our frame : so that if our lives are threatened with assassination or open violence from the hands of robbers or enemies , ANY means of defence would be ...
... effect of habit and acquirement , but forms a part in the original complexion of our frame : so that if our lives are threatened with assassination or open violence from the hands of robbers or enemies , ANY means of defence would be ...
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... effects . These observations were the more necessary ; because many , from a misconception of the word just or lawful , think that all wars , to which those epithets do not apply , are condemned as unjust and unlawful . Now to give a ...
... effects . These observations were the more necessary ; because many , from a misconception of the word just or lawful , think that all wars , to which those epithets do not apply , are condemned as unjust and unlawful . Now to give a ...
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... effects are entitled to equal names . Now the Dictator for the time being performed all acts with the same authority as the most absolute sovereign ; nor could any other power annul his acts . The perma- nence therefore of uncertainty ...
... effects are entitled to equal names . Now the Dictator for the time being performed all acts with the same authority as the most absolute sovereign ; nor could any other power annul his acts . The perma- nence therefore of uncertainty ...
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