There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. – Havelock Ellis

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. – Havelock Ellis
The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps. – Havelock Ellis
There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis