<span>"The Jewish holy book, the Torah, is the first five books of the Old Testament"</span> correctly describes this relationship. "Torah" is the Hebrew word for "law" and applies here as well.
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Our moderation and conciliation have had no other effect than to encourage perseverance and to enlarge pretensions. We behold our seafaring citizens still the daily victims of lawless violence, committed on the great common and highway of nations, even within sight of the country which owes them protection.
