正如上世纪不断上演的悲剧那样，当历史开始为深远巨变做出调整时，它往往并不鼓舞人心，新的人物不断涌现，权力平衡发生转移。
History is not particularly encouraging when it comes to adjusting to profound changes – new actors and shifting balances of power – as the twentieth century tragically and repeatedly demonstrated.