# 1576 - 1975 10c World Peace through Law
Birth Of John B. Moore
Moore’s father was a well-known doctor in the community and moved the family to Felton, where he helped to found the Felton Institute and Classical Seminary. The younger Moore would attend the seminary before begin admitted to the University of Virginia in 1877.
After graduating from college, Moore was admitted to the Delaware bar. Two years later he took a civil service examination for the position of law clerk in the Department of State in Washington. He was one of just four people to pass that test and ultimately received the job. From 1886 to 1891, he worked as third assistant secretary of state. Moore then took a job as a professor of international and law and diplomacy at Columbia University. He held that post until 1924, though he would often take leaves of absence to hold posts that benefitted the public interest.
From 1912 to 1938, Moore served on the Hague Tribunal and from 1920 to 1928 on the Permanent Court of International Justice. He preferred The Hague because they “were not required at once if ever, to abandon their usual pursuits and live a sacrificial life abroad.”
In instance of war, Moore preferred neutrality, once claiming, “I have often remarked that international wars will cease when civil wars end… if we would keep men and nations at peace, we must remove the causes of their discontent, elevate their moral sentiments, inculcate a spirit of justice and toleration, and compose and settle their differences.”
Click here to read Moore’s Digest.
Birth Of John B. Moore
Moore’s father was a well-known doctor in the community and moved the family to Felton, where he helped to found the Felton Institute and Classical Seminary. The younger Moore would attend the seminary before begin admitted to the University of Virginia in 1877.
After graduating from college, Moore was admitted to the Delaware bar. Two years later he took a civil service examination for the position of law clerk in the Department of State in Washington. He was one of just four people to pass that test and ultimately received the job. From 1886 to 1891, he worked as third assistant secretary of state. Moore then took a job as a professor of international and law and diplomacy at Columbia University. He held that post until 1924, though he would often take leaves of absence to hold posts that benefitted the public interest.
From 1912 to 1938, Moore served on the Hague Tribunal and from 1920 to 1928 on the Permanent Court of International Justice. He preferred The Hague because they “were not required at once if ever, to abandon their usual pursuits and live a sacrificial life abroad.”
In instance of war, Moore preferred neutrality, once claiming, “I have often remarked that international wars will cease when civil wars end… if we would keep men and nations at peace, we must remove the causes of their discontent, elevate their moral sentiments, inculcate a spirit of justice and toleration, and compose and settle their differences.”
Click here to read Moore’s Digest.