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It constitutes part of that code which is the supreme law, above all municipal laws, binding the whole Commonwealth of Nations.
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He asserts that International Law is the supreme law that governs all nations, transcending local laws.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
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