But he compensates for his owh defects. Almost as good us greatness is a knowledge of your own limitations; and Mr. Harding knows his thoroughly. Out of his modesty, his desire to reinforce himself, has proceeded the strongest Cabinet that Washington has seen in a generation. He likes to have decisions rest upon the broad base of more than one intelligence and"he has surrounded himself for this purpose with able associates. His policies will lack imagination, which is not a composite product, but they will have practicality, which is the greatest common denomination of several minds and he moreover, is himself unimaginative and practical.
Whatever superstructure of world organization he takes part in, behind it will be the reality, a private understanding with the biggest man in sight; for this reason the fall of Lloyd George and the succession of a Labour Government in England will disconcert him terribly. The Demo cratic passion for equality, which dogs the tracks of the great, he mollifies by reminding the nation always that he is just folks," by opening the White House lawn gates, by calling everyone by his first name.
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