Florence Stawell

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“Like several other interwar liberal internationalists, F. Melian Stawell was a classicist by training, set for an illustrious career at {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} working simultaneously on the ancient Greeks and contemporary world order. Stawell is best known as the author of The Growth of International Thought, a book increasingly cited, if not read, as the first to use the term ‘international thought.’”

“A quarter of a century ago, when the {{w|Heraklion Archaeological Museum|Minoan marvels}} were first discovered, all scholars were struck by their likeness to the works of later Greece. Even now, when the knowledge of dissimilarities in detail has obscured for many minds this broad resemblance, no one would assert that a {{w|Minoan civilization#Genetic and anthropometric studies|close connection of race}} or {{w|Minoan language|of language}} is impossible.”

“... At the outset we are shown the two great armies, Greek and Trojan,—both winning our sympathy,—the one fighting for honour and justice, the other for home and country. We are shown {{w|Helen of Troy|Helen}}, the fair woman who is at once the cause of the war and its prize; we are shown the two kings, {{w|Priam}} in his noble endurance, {{w|Agamemnon}} in his restless activity; we are shown the two champions, {{w|Achilles}} and {{w|Hector}}, both lovable and attractive to us, sworn enemies to one another.”

“... After Philo and Plato, it was little use to say that Christ was merely like God, and the Spirit that came to us like both. Only the thorough-going assertion of unity could satisfy the longings and quiet the doubts that had been raised.”