A citizen of the world, when he becomes one, (and there are no formalities about it—it happens gradually, like growing up) lets himself in for a fairly sobering experience. He finds that an awful lot of the facts of life in this vale of troubles range from sad to horrible: there are cold wars, hot wars, prophecies of gloom, supersonic rockets, atomic bombs, bacteriological weapons, tensions, crises, moves, counter-moves.

“Citizen of the World” broadcast July 10, 1949 on CBS