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As this production of "Othello" begins, we are in the middle of a year and in the middle of a war; and when at war, it may not be out of place to keep other wars, of other times in mind. For, by this means, patterns and directions may be the clearer. We are now engaged in a war to protect a way of life which we feel offers the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people. Venice in the Sixteenth Century was fighting too; her wars were to protect Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean.
     In our conflict, all races are allied to fight for common ideals. The Negro pilot of the Army Air Corps may fly under the command of Chiang in China; just as soldiers of other races fought with Venice for the protection of Christianity.

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