A law of nature， lex naturalis， is a precept or general rule found out by reason， by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life or takes away the means of preserving the same.
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller， is to lay a tax on industry and economy； to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
