I've so far escaped.
But I am grieved to hear that Whitlock is abed--"no physical ailment whatever--just worn out," his doctor says.

I have tried to induce him and his wife to come here and make me a visit; but one characteristic of this war-malady is the conviction of the victim that he is somehow necessary to hold the world together.

About twice a week I get to the golf links and take the risk of the world's falling apart and thus escape both illness and its illusions.
"I cannot begin to express my deep anxiety and even uneasiness about the relations of these two great governments and peoples," Page wrote about this time.

"The friendship of the United States and Great Britain is all that now holds the world together.

It is the greatest asset of civilization left.