{The Coming-of-Age of America [continued]}[6th January 1976]

[Redbook2:76A-J][19760106:0000c]{The Coming-of-Age of America [continued]}[6^th January 1976]

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Of course, it is also true that the World as we see it may no longer exist: it may still become a collection of warring tribes roaming over the vast poisoned deserts created by their ancestors – us, or our children. But the events in America of the last few years show this possibility to be considerably less likely than it might have seemed, say, ten years ago – White House gangsterism notwithstanding. One of the two great powers responsible for choosing stability or destruction is now more than ever likely to choose stability: the whole tenor of her own culture, the meaning of her existence, is for peace.

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