유럽 강대국들은 경제적으로 밀접하게 연관돼 있어 전쟁을 일으키지 못할 것이고 따라서 평화가 영원히 지속될 것이라는 믿음이 팽배했다"고 말했다.
"There was a widespread belief that the European powers were so closely linked economically that they would not be able to wage war and thus peace would last forever."