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Excerpt from The Independent State of the Congo: And International Law
This problem was raised more than two centuries ago, when the idea prevailed according to which the law of nations was confined to Christian peoples. But the illustrious legal philosopher James Lorimer deserves the honour of giving it a rational solution.
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