As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put … - William Winwood Reade

One book that has influenced the writer very strongly is Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man…It is still an extraordinarily inspiring presentation of human history as one consistent process.

Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry and foreign negotiation.

In Europe itself it is not probable that war will ever absolutely cease until science discovers some destroying force so simple in its administration, so horrible in its effects, that all art, all gallantry, will be at an end, and battles will be massacres which the feelings of mankind will be unable to endure.