Elie Ducommun - War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the

War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages.

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Ducommun, Élie. "The Futility of War Demonstrated by History." Nobel Lectures, Peace 1901-1970, edited by Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1972.

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