Человек в высоком замке

           IntheBritishEmpire,equalmeasurestowardsocialandeconomicprogresshadbroughtsimilarrelieftothemassesinIndia,Burma,Africa,theMiddleEast.ThefactoriesoftheRuhr,Manchester,oftheSaar,theoilofBaku,allflowedandinteractedinintricatebuteffectiveharmony;thepopulationsofEuropebaskedinwhatappeared…

           "Ithinktheyshouldbetherulers,"Julianasaid,pausing."Theyalwayswerethebest.TheBritish."

           Joesaidnothingtothat,althoughshewaited.Atlastshewentonreading.

           …RealizationofNapoleon’svision:rationalhomogeneityofthediverseethnicstrainswhichhadsquabbledandbalkanizedEuropesincethecollapseofRome.Vision,too,ofCharlemagne:unitedChristendom,totallyatpeacenotonlywithitselfbutwiththebalanceoftheworld.Andyet—therestillremainedoneannoyingsore.

           Singapore.

           TheMalayStatesheldalargeChinesepopulation,mostlyoftheenterprisingbusinessclass,andthesethrifty,industriousbourgeoissawinAmericanadministrationofChinaamoreequitabletreatmentofwhatwascalled"thenative."UnderBritishrule,thedarkerraceswereexcludedfromthecountryclubs,thehotels,thebetterrestaurants;theyfoundthemselves,asinarchaictimes,confinedtoparticularsectionsofthetrainandbusand—perhapsworstofall—limitedtotheirchoiceofresidencewithineachcity.These"natives"discerned,andnotedintheirtableconversationsandnewspapers,thatintheU.S.A.thecolorproblemhadby1950beensolved.