曾经只有太空中的灰尘颗粒，热氢气，仅此而已，它将再次出现。这是一个间隔，Ein Augenblick。宇宙过程正在急忙，将生命粉碎回花岗岩和甲烷中。车轮一生都转动。这都是暂时的。他们 - 这些疯子对花岗岩，灰尘，无生命的渴望；他们想帮助自然。而且，他想，我知道为什么。他们想成为历史的代理人，而不是受害者。他们认同上帝的能力，相信自己是神的。那是他们的基本疯狂。
(there was once only the dust particles in space, the hot hydrogen gases, nothing more, and it will come again. This is an interval, ein Augenblick. The cosmic process is hurrying on, crushing life back into the granite and methane; the wheel turns for all life. It is all temporary. And they-these madmen-respond to the granite, the dust, the longing of the inanimate; they want to aid Natur. And, he thought, I know why. They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history. They identify with God's power and believe they are godlike. That is their basic madness.)