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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
Edward Grey /
Europe
Lamps
Lifetime
Lit
Again
Out
Them
Over
See
Shall
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction.
Edward Grey /
Destruction
Manifold
Millions
Weapons
War Power Men
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Meeting
Multiply
Thousands
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That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria.
Edward Grey /
Austria
Critical
Dependent
Germany
Strong
German
Decisive
Immensely
Word
Moment
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The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe.
Edward Grey /
Ageing
Catastrophe
Emperor
Steam
Me Day Will
German
Cause
Run
Rudder
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The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either.
Edward Grey /
Belgium
Neutrality
Obligation
Bargain
Chancellor
Effect
Entertain
Regards
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An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.
Edward Grey /
Arrangements
Circumstances
Permanent
Stereotype
Alliance
Changing
Regarded
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Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover.
Edward Grey /
Disgrace
France
Germany
Altogether
Apart
Bargain
Expense
Recover
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I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.
Edward Grey /
Abyss
Halt
Obvious
Recoil
Apparent
Edge
Everyone Else
Powers
Seemed
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From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy.
Edward Grey /
Crushed
Europe
France
Great Power
Point Of View
Policy
Proposal
Territory
German
Further
Material
Subordinate
Unacceptable
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If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon race will be a still more potent influence in the future of the world.
Edward Grey /
Anglo Saxon
Branches
England
Influence
Alliance
Factor
Potent
Union
Triple
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In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should ask Austria to consider some modification of her demands, under the threat of Russian mobilization.
Edward Grey /
Austria
Demand
Mobilization
Russia
Serbia
German
Consider
Effect
Supporting
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I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.
Edward Grey /
Contingency
Critical
Doubtful
France
Parliament
Cabinet
Outbreak
Probable
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I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.
Edward Grey /
Assumption
Influence
Russia
Serbia
German
Furthermore
Hitherto
Mobilize
Officially
Receive
Seriously
Spoken
Whereas
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I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all.
Edward Grey /
Austria
Concerned
Entitled
Europe
Russia
Serbia
Ambassador
German
Directly
Dispute
Intervene
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