# The Duel Between France and Germany

Author: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Genre: Germany

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6303

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Duel+Between+France+and+Germany+Sumner&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

MR. PRESIDENT,--I am to speak of the Duel between France and Germany, with its Lesson to Civilization. In calling the terrible war now waging a Duel, I might content myself with classical authority, _Duellum_ being a well-known Latin word for War. The historian Livy makes a Roman declare that affairs are to be settled "by a pure and pious duel"; [Footnote: "Puro pioqne duello."--_Historie_, Lib. I. cap. 32.] the dramatist Plautus has a character in one of his plays who obtains great riches "by the duelling art," [Footnote: "Arte duellica."--_Epidicus_, Act. III. Sc. iv. 14.] meaning the art of war; and Horace, the exquisite master of language, hails the age of Augustus with the Temple of...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duel-between-france-and-germany-6303/chapters/6/index.md)