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The Idea of a League of Nations "What has happened is essentially this, that the natural limitations upon warfare which have existed hitherto appear to have broken down." By HERBERT GEORGE WELLS Unification of human affairs, to the extent at least of a cessation of war and a worldwide rule of international law, is no new idea; it can be traced through many centuries of history. It is found as an acceptable commonplace in a fragment, De Republica, of Cicero. It has, indeed, appeared and passed out of the foreground of thought, and reapeared there, again and again. Read more : http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1919/01/the-idea-of-a-league-of-nations/6270/

Good God ! (pardon the pun)... Bertrand Russell yesterday, Herbert Wells today ... is this the beginning of a new series, RBSI : " Great British Pacifists, Fabians & Atheists remembered " ?? ...

Such sensible and extraordinarily brilliant men ! But then we have moved on to ancient Romans now... if you have noticed. : )

... Well, outside of the realms of literature and philosophic methodology, many would struggle to agree with the accolade 'sensible and brilliant' being applied to either man ! Both were very controversial figures... The RBSI moves with a speed, from subject to subject , that frequently astonishes ~ but, be that as it may ~ in the end, all roads lead to Rome !