C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien Defend the Old West

In 1958, at a Dutch bash held in his honor, J.R.R. Tolkien told his audience:

I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron. But I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons. Yet, my gentle hobbits, I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.