出自《晓窗》。少年的时候听见鸡鸣的叫声正在熟睡，老年的时候听见鸡鸣就起床了。千古以来万代的人们，都消磨在几声鸡鸣里了。
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.