From Here to There

Statesmen and the Impossible

I should like to add to the searching textual analysis by Mr. W. F. Rickenbacker (NR, February 27) a thought or two on the problem of statsemanship recently raised by Professor Henry Steele Commager. Mr. Rickenbacker’s demonstration serves as a warning to all casual readers: beware the tacit premise, the circular argument, the incompleted circuit. Beyond that, there is a point to be made.