> 1903 and 65 years later landed on the moon.

65 years and Two World Wars later...

This quote [1] from the movie 'The Third man' might be relevant.

>in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock?

[1]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/quotes?item=qt0359443