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  • n  Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)
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  • Andrew Dickson White in Consortium News
    White said: "From this tomb of Grotius I seem to hear a message to go on with the work of strengthening peace and humanizing war."
  • Matthew Henry in Best Syndication
    Bible expositor Matthew Henry says concerning this verse: "some think that what is said of the return of Sodom and Samaria (v. 53, 55), and of Jerusalem with them, is a promise; it may be understood so, if by Sodom we understand (as Grotius and some...

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