Classical psychoanalysis is here to stay because it works toward and represents a system of values and an ideal theory of mind and behavior. Its survival is not helped by orthodoxy saying what is proper or improper analytic thinking. It is not helped by liberals who believe in the adaptability of any idea nor by the progressive who, as an avowed pragmatist, is actually an arch cynic. The author states that the analyst has a long-range view of social and historical events and is not among those who are publicized for espousing political causes since he is not an activist. Kaplan refers to existentialists as intellectual anti-intellectuals. He does not suggest eclecticism. 'You can be freudian or something else; I cannot see how you can really be both.' He believes there is and will continue