No matter where a man stands in Korea he can see a mountain. The Koreans say: "You cannot sit in the valley and see the new moon set." Last week, in Seoul, Korea's aging new President Syngman Rhee made the same point with another proverb: "You cannot expect to lift a heavy stone without getting red in the face." His speech was part of a celebration of the return of national independence to two-thirds of Korea's 30 million people and one half of its land. In Seoul, the world's second largest bell* welcomed...
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