There are a couple of quotes, compelling enough on their own, that always seem to run together in my mind. AdvertisementThe first is from the British novelist D.H. Lawrence: "The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.” They all lack the insight of Lawrence and Yamamoto, the ability to see what the world is showing you before your own eyes. They will learn, eventually, that we’re not all lefties, and that the media talking heads are poor representatives of the American. AdvertisementUntil then, let them reflect on the final words of Lawrence’s description of the American soul: It has never yet melted.