Should we be deceiving ourselves if we admitted that a belief in the law of nations, as in a sacred and necessary authority, ought to facilitate the enforcement of discipline in the Army and help to prevent many faults and many harmful excesses?
Holland questions whether belief in international law can improve military discipline.
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Pacific reprisals should also, according to the tendency of modern opinion and practice, be so applied as not to interfere with the interests of third Powers and their subjects.
No, you must attack all the resources of the enemy's Government: its finances, its railways, its stores, and even its prestige.
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We see a general legal persuasion ever in process of more and more distinct formation uniting all civilised peoples.
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