"The lamps are going out all over Europe: we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.""
— World War I

January 1, 1970

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World War I
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Cf. John Alfred Spender: Life, Journalism and Politics, Vol. 2, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1927. Chp. 20, p. 14 archive.org and The lamps are going out.