The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.
历史的塑造现在超过了人们根据珍视的价值观来定位自己的能力。哪些价值观?即使没有恐慌,人们也常常感觉到旧的感觉和思维方式已经崩溃,而新的开始模糊到道德停滞的地步。
你的未来不会到来是因为我。
在我们的内心深处被唤起的,就是那个久远的背景——古老的人类心理模式,它们源于遗传而非后天习得,我们从业已模糊的往日世代继承了它们。