Quote of the day for 2015-12-27

"The full potentialities of human fury cannot be reached until a friend of both parties tactfully intervenes."

— G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) "The Skeptic as a Critic," The Forum, February 1929

Political cartoon by Henri Meyer, which depicts, among other things, the tensions between Great Britain and Germany while carving up China. Published in Le Petit Journal Sunday supplement (January 16, 1898)