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Had it not been for the Anglo-Russian agreement the Russians would either have interfered to keep the Shah on the throne or their troops would have been in Tehran long before this.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

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The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

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We are in the presence of a European conflagration; can anybody set limits to the consequences that may arise out of it?

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Poetry is the greatest literature, and pleasure in poetry is the greatest of literary pleasures. It is also the least easy to attain and there are some people who never do attain it.

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If her independence goes, the independence of Holland will follow.

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It is sometimes said that this is a pleasure-seeking age. Whether it be a pleasure-seeking age or not, I doubt whether it is a pleasure-finding age.

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