Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
H. A. L. Fisher
Born: March 21, 1865
Died: April 18, 1940 (aged 75)
Bio: Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government.
Known for:
- History Of Europe (1935)
- James Bryce (Viscount Bryce of Dechmont, O.M.)
- Studies In Napoleonic Statesmanship; Germany (1903)
- Republican Tradition In Europe (1911)