Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.
The greatest picture is not yet painted, the greatest play isn't written, the greatest poem is unsung. There isn't in all the world a perfect railroad, nor a good government, nor a sound law.
Physics, Mathematics, and especially the most advanced and exact of the sciences, are being fundamentally revised. Chemistry is just becoming a science; psychology, economics, and sociology are awaiting a Darwin, whose work in turn is awaiting an Einstein.
1936年と比べれば、世の中にはいろいろなモノが溢れて非常に便利な時代になりました。でも、リンカーン・ステファンズさんの残したこの文章、特に、"Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over."というフレーズは、いつの時代でも新しい未来を築いていこうとする人々の姿を見ていると、彼らの想いと重なってなんだかジーンと伝わってくるような気がします。