December 26

Norman Angell was born on the 26th in 1872. He was a British politician, who somehow managed to finagle his way to a Nobel Peace Prize. It seems almost to be an oxymoron to use the word peace in the same sentence as politician but the Nobel committee doesn’t often ask for my advice. Angell’s worldview is probably best illustrated by the following quote, though I can’t determine the context in which Angell used these words. "Political nationalism has become...the most important thing in the world, more important than civilization, humanity, decency, kindness, and pity; more important than life itself."