If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men 
to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an 
effective will for a world peace--that is to say, an effective 
will for a world law under a world government--for in no other 
fashion is a secure world peace conceivable--in what manner may 
we expect things to move towards this end? . . . It is an 
educational task, and its very essence is to bring to the minds 
of all men everywhere, as a necessary basis for world 
cooperation, a new telling and interpretation, a common 
interpretation, of history.
 — H.G. Wells (Herbert George Wells)
  World peace