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 about 1800 to 1856; pp. 330–3, on the rule of 1756 (Sir William Scott's judgement in the 'Immanuel' case, with a very clear note on the rule); and pp. 330–40, on the doctrine of continuous voyages (cases of 1806 and 1863).

The connexion between international law, diplomacy, and the government of the society of nations has been thus expounded in the course of a concise and highly useful essay on 'The Modern Law of Nations and the Prevention of War': 'Official, judicial, and other learned persons who cannot conceive authority divested of official sanction have gravely pointed out that Grotius and his successors, not being legislators, could not make law. More than twenty years ago, Sir Henry Maine gave the right answer: "What we have to notice," he said, "is that the founders of International Law, though they did not create a sanction, created a law-abiding sentiment. They diffused, among sovereigns, and the literate classes in communities, a strong repugnance to the neglect or breach