Chapter X Some of the Principal Works of Grotius
1. His Edition of Stobæus.
2. His Treatise de Jure Belli et Pacis.
3. His Treatise de Veritate Religionis Christianæ.
4. His Treatise de Jure summarum potestatum circa sacra.
5. His Commentary on the Scriptures.
6. Some other Works of Grotius
CHAP. X. 1621-1634
That literature is an ornament in prosperity, and a comfort in adverse fortune, has been often said by the best and wisest men; but no one experienced the truth of this assertion in a higher degree than Grotius, during his imprisonment at Louvestein. In that wreck of his fortune and overthrow of all his hopes, books came to his aid, soothed his sorrows, and beguiled the wearisome hours of his gloomy solitude. His studies often stole him from himself, and from the sense of his misfortunes. In the exercise of his mental energies, he was sensible of their powers; and it was impossible that he should contemplate, without pleasure, the extent, the worth, or the splendour of his labours; the services, which he rendered by them to learning and religion, and the admiration and gratitude of the scholar, which he then enjoyed, and which would attend his memory to the latest posterity. He himself acknowledged that, in the ardour of his literary pursuits, he often forgot his calamities, and that the hours passed unheeded, if not in joy, at least without pain.