18 MARCH 1966, Page 21

Elegy for a 'Great Statesman'

'The ideas by which men live' were his, too. He, too, made his living by them. Truly, he roared 'YES!' in thunder; never a wee 'no.* In his heart that beat for liberty alone, he was as free as he was, truly. After all, it's one thing for the ocean to lose a drop, but can a drop afford to lose the ocean? M. L. ROSENTHAL