Christian Lous Lange Quotes
Europe cannot survive another world war.
Lange, Christian Lous. "Internationalism." Nobel Lectures, Peace 1901-1925, edited by Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1972, pp. 336-346.
Originally published as The Cynic’s Word Book
This is the quotation that came to define Chamberlain’s naivety for history and the icon of failed diplomacy. However to see the beginning of the sequence of events that would lead up to this statement, see {585940} when Chamberlain suggested the infamous meeting in Munich. There had been an interesting history to Chamberlain’s appeasement of Germany. 39 years earlier, Chamberlain’s father, then Britain’s Colonial Secretary, and advocated a natural alliance with Germany. See Joseph Chamberlain, 1836-1914: {585939}.
The first Bishop in Britain, sent by Pope Gregory in 597. This was in large part fulfilled in 607 when Ethelfrith led Saxon troops to Wales killing many including 200 priests who had been sent to pray for the Welsh.
Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism.
