And noble thought be freer under the sun,
And the heart of a people beat with one desire.”
[81] Moltke strangely enough was, at an earlier period, of the opinion that war, even when it is successful, is a national misfortune. Cf. Kehrbach’s preface to Kant’s essay, Zum Ewigen Frieden, p. XVII.
[82] See his discussion on constitutional monarchy in Germany. (Hist. u. Pol. Aufsätze, Bd. III., p. 533 seq.)
[83] See Die Piccolomini: Act. I. Sc. 4.
[84] An admirable short account of popular feeling on this matter is to be found in Lawrence’s Principles of International Law, § 240.
[85] The first Peace Society was founded in London in 1816, and the first International Peace Congress held in 1843.
[86] In Eng. trans. see p. 358.
[87] See “A Plan for a Universal and Perpetual Peace” in the Principles of International Law (Works, Vol. II). One of the main principles advocated by Bentham in this essay (written between 1787 and 1789) is that every state should give up its colonies.
[88] See his Kleine Schriften.