Ludwig Wittgenstein: 'In case you want an Emetic, there it is.’

Neville Chamberlain
"Peace for Our Time," September 30, 1938

The following statement was made by British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, in front of #10 Downing Street, London, after his arrival home from the notorious Munich Conference of 1938:

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My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is "peace for our time." Go home and get a nice quiet sleep".

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Wittgenstein sensed a different smell:

In the midst of all this anxiety, the sight of Neville Chamberlain returning from Munich proclaiming ‘Peace in our time’ was too much to bear. He sent Gilbert Pattisson one of the postcards printed to celebrate Chamberlain’s ‘success’. Beneath a picture of Chamberlain and his wife the legend reads: ‘The Pilgrim of Peace. Bravo! Mr Chamberlain.’ On the back Wittgenstein wrote: ‘In case you want an Emetic, there it is.’

(Ray Monk - Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius)