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The old and dying order, once silent and all powerful, tries to express itself violently, and becomes at once noisy and weak. The nascent order once too weak to be conscious of need of expression, or capable of it if it were, becomes conscious now and finds a voice. THE OLD AND DYING ORDER ONCE SILENT AND ALL POWERFUL TRIES TO EXPRESS ITSELF VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES AT ONCE NOISY AND WEAK THE NECESSANT ORDER ONCE TOO WEAK TO BE CONSCIOUS OF NEED OF EXPRESSION OR CAPABLE OF IT IF IT WERE BECOMES CONSCIOUS NOW AND FINDS A VOICE
heless, when we look back on history we do distinguish periods in the lapse of time that are not merely arbitrary ones, we note the early growth of the ideas which are to form the new order of things, we note their development into the transitional period, and finally the new epoch is revealed to us bearing in its full development, unseen as yet, the seeds of the newer order still which shall transform it in its turn into something else. Moreover, there are periods in which even those alive in them become more or less conscious of the change which is always going on; the old ideas which were once so exciting to men’s imaginations, now cease to move them, though they may be accepted as dull and necessary platitudes: the material circumstances of man’s life which were once only struggled with in detail, and only according to a kind of law made manifest in their working, are in such times conscious of change, and are only accepted under protest until some means can be found to alter them. S DETAILS NEVERTHELESS WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON HISTORY WE DO DISTINGUISH PERIODS IN THE LAPSE OF TIME THAT ARE NOT MERELY ARBITRARY ONES WE NOTE THE EARLY GROWTH OF THE IDEAS WHICH ARE TO FORM THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS WE NOTE THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND FINALLY THE NEW EPOCH IS REVEALED TO US BEARING IN ITS FULL DEVELOPMENT UNSEEN AS YET THE SEEDS OF THE NEWER ORDER STILL WHICH SHALL TRANSFORM IT IN ITS TURN INTO SOMETHING ELSE MOREOVER THERE ARE PERIODS IN WHICH EVEN THOSE ALIVE IN THEM BECOME MORE OR LESS CONSCIOUS OF THE CHANGE WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING ON THE OLD IDEAS WHICH WERE ONCE SO EXCITING TO MEN'S IMAGINATIONS NOW CEASE TO MOVE THEM THOUGH THEY MAY BE ACCEPTED AS DULL AND NECESSARY PLATITUDES THE MATERIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF MAN'S LIFE WHICH WERE ONCE ONLY STRUGGLED WITH IN DETAIL AND ONLY ACCORDING TO A KIND OF LAW MADE MANIFEST IN THEIR WORKING ARE IN SUCH TIMES CONSCIOUS OF CHANGE AND ARE ONLY ACCEPTED UNDER PROTEST UNTIL SOME MEANS CAN BE FOUND TO ALTER THEM
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