It is well to remember that if human beings have the power to do great evil, they also have the power to do good. At a recent Labour conference, British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a radiantly sane, hopeful, practical speech. At moments it reminded me of parts of Lincoln’s inaugural addresses, though Blair’s language doesn’t have anything like Lincoln’s depth and resonance. And while I don’t agree with every word in it, I unexpectedly found myself thinking there might actually be a chance that in my lifetime the tangled and broken threads left trailing after the Great War might finally be gathered up and sorted out again.