Quote of the day
Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
James Joll

Born: June 21, 1918
Died: July 12, 1994 (aged 76)
Bio: James Bysse Joll FBA was a British historian and university lecturer whose works included The Origins of the First World War and Europe Since 1870. He also wrote on the history of anarchism and socialism.
Known for:
- The origins of the First World War (1984)
- Europe Since 1870 (1973)
- The Anarchists (1964)
- The Second International, 1889-1914 (1955)
- Three intellectuals in politics (1960)







