They grew
weary of exhausting their states in order to give him the possession of
a crown which they believed to be his due, but which, to all appearance,
they should never be able to procure for him."--Book II. ch. xii. Sec.Sec.
196, 197.
DANGEROUS POWER.
[Sidenote: All nations may join.]
"It is still easier to prove, that, should this formidable power betray
any unjust and ambitious dispositions by doing the least injustice to
another, every nation may avail themselves of the occasion, and join
their forces to those of the party injured, in order to reduce that
ambitious power, and disable it from so easily oppressing its neighbors,
or keeping them in continual awe and fear. For an injury gives a nation
a right to provide for its future safety by taking away from the
violator the means of oppression. It is lawful, and even praiseworthy,
to assist those who are oppressed, or unjustly attacked."--Book III. ch.
iii. Sec. 45.
SYSTEM OF EUROPE.
[Sidenote: Europe a republic to preserve order and liberty.]
"Europe forms a political system, a body where the whole is connected by
the relations and different interests of nations inhabiting this part of
the world.
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