..."We daily make great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral, philosophy;—the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige nations...first cutting one another's throats. When will human nature be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this!" " Wonderful," says the illustrious Jefferson,...

...to see in Moral Philosophy [he wrote to Richard Price] the Discovery of a Plan, that would induce & oblige Nations to settle their Disputes without first...another's Throats. When will human Reason be sufficiently improv'd to see the Advantage of this! The aspiration is again voiced in a letter to Joseph Priestley...

...in natural, and there is one I hope to see in moral, philosophy; the discussion of a plan which will induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats." Franklin may be said to have been our first American advocate of international arbitration and the...

...will, which he printed on the title page : "We make daily great Improvements in Natural, there is one I wish to see in Moral Philosophy; the Discovery of a Plan, that would induce & oblige Nations to settle their Disputes without first Cutting one another's Throats."* John Jay recommended...

...losing all its grossness. — Edmund Burke. make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of...When will men be convinced, that even successful wars become misfortunes, who unjustly commenced them, and who triumphed blindly in their success, not seeing...

...grossness. — Edmund Burke. s•» s•» Е make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of...disputes without first cutting one another's throats s•» When will human reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this? When will men...

...he wrote to his friend, Richard Price, "We make daily great Improvements in Natural, there is one I wish to see in Moral Philosophy; the Discovery of...Disputes without first Cutting one another's Throats." 2 Again he wrote, "All Wars are Follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will Mankind...

...the very foundation of the Government. Even before the Constitution was adopted, Franklin advocated "a plan that would induce and oblige nations to settle...disputes without first cutting one another's throats;" and the first two treaties made under the Constitution expressly prescribed arbitration for the settlement...

....' We daily make great improvements in natural philosophy ; there is one I wish to see in moral — the" discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first catting one another's throats." This substitute for war has began at length to gain the ear of statesmen...

...in 1780 Benjamin Franklin said : " We make daily great improvements in Natural, but there is one I wish to see in Moral, Philosophy — the discovery...nations to settle their disputes without first cutting each other's throats." Fourteen years later the plan was discovered by John Jay, and incorporated in...