“A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on this or that side, for this or that client: a mere legal beast of prey. Fortunately for himself and for the world he took a higher view of his life-work: his determination clearly was to make himself a thoroughly equipped jurist, and then, as he rose more and more in his profession, to use his powers for the good of his country and of mankind.” WorldCountryUseSidesViewsMankindDangerBecomingHigherCreaturesDeterminationArgumentRoseMereProfessionBeastClientsPreyGrindJurists Author:Andrew Dickson White
“For similar folly, our own country, in the transition from the colonial period, also paid a fearful price; and from a like catastrophe the United States has been twice saved in our time by the arguments formulated by Turgot.” Has BeensCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesPeriodsArgumentPaidSavedOur TimeFollyTransitionFearfulCatastrophe Book:SEVEN GREAT STATESMEN IN THE WARFARE OF HUMANITY WITH UNREASON Source: SEVEN GREAT STATESMEN IN THE WARFARE OF HUMANITY WITH UNREASON