封建制度是历史上最完善的社会制度。它甚至还有一个安全阀,可以释放其中的能量压力。一个杰出的、雄心勃勃的、有天赋的男孩可能会得到主人的许可,学习读书和写作,并进入教堂。教会纪律很严格,但教会代表着精神世界,在精神世界中,人人平等。任何牧师都可能成为教皇。一个农奴的儿子确实成为了教皇。
(The feudal system was the most perfect social system in history. It even had a safety valve, to release any pressure of energy in it. An exceptional, ambitious, and gifted boy might get his master's permission to learn to read and write, and enter The Church. Church discipline was strict, but The Church represented the spiritual world, and in it, all men were equal. Any priest might become the Pope. A serf's son did become a Pope.)