Thomas Mann an Helen Keller

Freut sich, dass seine Schriften ›The coming victory of democracy‹ und ›This peace‹ ihr Interesse erregten. Spricht davon, welche Hilfe objektive Kritik für einen Schriftsteller bedeute. »The power of thought is one of the heritages of mankind which no system of tyranny and oppression can subjugate. However, Democracy will succeed only in so far as men and women bring to its service complete intellectual honesty and a willingness to think in terms of human values.«