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

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And that is just as well – because the other of those two great powers is approaching a crisis in its internal evolution which, given its blindness and great strength, is likely to prove a crisis for the World. Russia's masters are slowly learning the lessons, obvious to us, that life is change – in particular, that material 'progress' means change – and that change cannot for long be encouraged on some fronts and prevented on others. When, for this reason released, the gradually escalating expectations for freedom of the various peoples of the Soviet Union come up against the solid block of its institutional structure, Russia in her own convulsions may lash out in all directions. The World's future will then depend on the maturity of the people and culture of America.

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