Others may have done better in the high art of History; but no American historian has, like him, achieved European eminence as a writer on the Law of Nations; nor has any other American writer on the last great theme been recognized abroad as historian.
He acknowledges the exceptional achievements of an American historian in gaining international recognition in the field of International Law.
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