“[T]his noble continent…is the fountain of Christian faith and Christian ethics,” he claimed. “If Europe were once united in the sharing of its common inheritance, there would be no limit to the happiness, to the prosperity and glory which its three or four hundred million people would enjoy.”
温斯顿·丘吉尔（马尔堡公爵的直系后裔）也有过类似的关于克服过去的分歧和民族主义宿怨的远见：“这片伟大的大陆……是基督教信仰和基督教伦理的泉眼，”他说，“如果欧洲早就通过分享共同遗产得到了统一，那么这将是一片极乐之地，它的三四亿人民将享受到无上的繁荣和光荣。”