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Chapter 1 - The Big Four | A Quick History [1]

The pen is mightier than the sword. The pen writes into being, a thing mightier than the sword. The word is mightier than the sword…in terms of depth. Word, words cut deeper than swords. The last time swords were mightier than words was World War I.

Warsaw saw war and will not talk about it. Warsaw saw war and cannot talk about it. Warsaw saw war but can't talk 'bout it 'cause Warsaw is dumb. Thousands of miles away from the dumb city, there is another city that also saw the War. This city would have rather not seen the war but it had no option. This city is afflicted with insomnia. This city cannot sleep. The City That Never Sleeps was forced to watch the ENTIRE War, including its end. This is when the peace was negotiated by the victors, known as the "Big Four".

The "Big Four" drafted the Treaty, which was signed on June 18, 1919. The Treaty's two and only clauses were in the vein of the Big Four. LOVE & WORD were the clauses of the Treaty. The clauses were as follows:

1. The Treaty (1919) mandated the permanent demilitarization of the sword to prevent a future world war. This was to be accomplished via the shrinking of sword to word. "The word may cut deeper than the sword, but it does not kill." 

2. The Treaty (1919) championed LOVE to deter future war. "Love world peace. Love national co-existence. Love cultural diversity."


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