Mr. Linldater is well aware that differences of temperament and
tradition exist between the inhabitants of his four corner- stones, between the peoples of America, Russia, Great Britain and China. He knows, for instance, that the Daughters of the American Revolution possess deep and lasting prejudices against the Soviet system, whereas the workers of Russia have been taught to hate the theories upon which American economy are founded. Yet he manages, without any serious breach of logic or confidence, to induce Lincoln and Lenin to agree comparatively well. Each of them admires the efficacy of the machine, and the tractors of Gigant have done more to assist Russo-American good feeling than any less concrete propaganda. Moreover, both . Lincoln and Lenin agree that their purposes and their careers have not been dissimilar. Each of them " broke violently into the new world " ; the purpose of each of them was to give the ordinary man a chance. And even though these purposes were not fulfilled by history, even though the ordinary man refused to grasp his opportunities, their good intentions were similar and their attitude towards them not unlike. And thus, as they sit among the beeches of Elysium, they decide that in this world war Russia and America should be able to co-operate without difficulty and with much mutual advantage. * * *
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