The French and English thought the Germans were to blame, the Germans thought the Russians, French and English were to blame, and only an intelligent minority thought that there was anything to blame in the fragmentary political constitution of Europe.

• 法国人和英国人认为应该责怪德国人，而德国人则认为应该责怪俄国人、法国人和英国人，只有少数有识之士明白，欧洲残缺不全的政治体制才是一切原因所在。