Excerpt from The Law of Nations: Considered as Independent Political Communities; On the Rights and Duties of Nations in Time of War With regard to the Rights, which a state of War gives rise to between the Subjects of two Belli gerent Powers, the greater mildness of modern man ners, coupled with the instinct of Human Nature, which leads us to pity in others what we fear for ourselves, has in sensibly operated to restrain the extreme exercise of those Rights, and Wherever the employment of Belligerent Force in an extreme manner has fallen into desuetude, the revival of its exercise would justly be regarded as an inno vation upon the modern Practice, and, as such, a breach of the Customary Law of Nations. 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.