Lamps Are Going Out All Over Europe

The lamps are going out all over europe.

Lamps are going out all over europe.

Edward grey 1st viscount grey of fallodon kg pc dl fzs 25 april 1862 7 september 1933 better known as sir edward grey prior to his elevation to the peerage he was the 3rd baronet grey of fallodon was a british liberal statesman and the main force behind british foreign policy in the era of the first world war an adherent of the new liberalism he served as foreign secretary. It was a particularly poignant remark for a man who was already losing his eyesight and. In his 1925 memoirs sir edward grey said that he could not recall uttering this lament for europe as he. Sir edward grey 3rd baronet british statesman whose 11 years 1905 16 as british foreign secretary the longest uninterrupted tenure of that office in history were marked by the start of world war i about which he made a comment that became proverbial.

The lights are going out all over europe dutch politician geert wilders delivered an anti islam speech on the scenario of america as the last man standing. We shall not see them lit again in our life. The lamps are going out all over europe we shall not see them lit again in our life time british foreign secretary sir edward grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the united kingdom s entry into the first world war. The lamps are going out all over europe.

The lamps are going out all over europe. First published in grey s memoirs in 1925. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime grey said.