The duel between France and Germany
by Charles Sumner
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Mr. President, - I am to speak of the Duel between France and Germany, with its Lesson to Civilization. In calling the terrible war now waging a Duel, I might content myself with classical authority, Duellum being a well-known Latin word for War. The historian Livy makes a Roman declare that affairs are to be settled by a pure and pious duel; [Footnote: Puro pioqne duello. - Historie, Lib. I. cap.
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Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, History, NonfictionShowing 1 featured edition. View all 11 editions?
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Lecture in the Music hall, Boston, October 26, 1870.
This address is one of the three by Charles Sumner included in the volume, "Addresses on war," published by the World peace foundation.
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