XXTI THE CAUSES OF WAR, AND THE REMEDIES 393 



disputes between nations should be strongly supported ; 

 but the existing condition of all the great civilized 

 governments renders it certain that, so long as the ruling 

 and military classes exist, and are allowed to possess the 

 almost absolute powers they now exercise, war, as the 

 ultimate mode of settling national disputes, will not 

 cease. 



