Mideastern Irrelevancies
Mankind is an incorrigibly mythmaking species. It is marvelous to observe how, in the history of great struggles that seem too complex for rational understanding, the participants invariably find an outward and visible symbol by which to express the essential meaning. An eleventhcentury Emperor humbles himself before the Pope at Canossa. A Prime Minister hurries to Munich, not Hitler to London. Lee hands his sword to the victor—and Grant (to signify that it is still to be one nation) hands it back. De Gaulle forbids his ministers to meet with the committees of the Assembly . . .
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