The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction.Edward Grey
A conviction that a great European war under modem conditions would be a catastrophe for which previous wars afforded no precedent.
Edward Grey
An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.
Edward Grey
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all.
Edward Grey
I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.
Edward Grey
Under modern conditions whole nations could be mobilized at once and their whole life-blood and resources poured out in a torrent.
Edward Grey
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