In those early attempts at legislation for the conduct of warfare it seems to have been thought sufficient that the conclusions arrived at by authorised delegates should be announced without being embodied in a treaty.
Holland reflects on early legislative attempts regarding warfare and treaties.
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Perpetual peace is a dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream.
In it the noblest virtues of mankind are developed; courage and the abnegation of self, faithfulness to duty, and the spirit of sacrifice: the soldier gives his life.
The progress of civilisation should have the effect of alleviating as much as possible the calamities of war.
The general recognition of these principles, and of those also which relate to prisoners, would mark a distinct step of progress towards the goal pursued with so honourable a persistency by the Institut de Droit International.
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