Excerpt from The Limitations of Human Responsibility It is a common remark, that, whenever it has been thought necessary to arouse the mind of man to enterprizes of great pith and moment, the appeal has always been made to his moral sentiments. Hence, among the most ancient nations, it was the invariable custom to accompany the declaration of war with religious ceremonies. And if, in later times, this custom has become somewhat less usual, the change itself, in a more remarkable manner, illustrates the tendency of our nature. Wars, at present, are sometimes commenced as in the time of the French Revolution, for the acquisition of national glory, This motive is sufficiently powerful to excite men to action, so long as they may reasonably hope for an easy victory, and an abundance of plunder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.