But certainly in Europe itself the national question had to be settled before there could be any chance of establishing an international tribunal.

It is equally certain that the social idea also claims preference of the international idea.

The great danger of setting up "an effective machine for regulating the affairs of Europe" is that the machine may get into the wrong hands.

The Holy Alliance is a warning, which should not be forgotten.

It became an obstruction to progress, a strait-waistcoat which threatened to strangle the liberties of Europe, because it got into the hands of a "vested interest," the dynastic interest, which was hostile both to nationalism and democracy.
Since 1814, however, there have been great strides along the paths both of democracy and of nationalism.