We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

译文：东西长得太快容易早衰，成功来得太突然往往垮得也快。

My life has no direction, no aim, no meaning. And yet I'm happy.

问题是，我们是否乐于假设我们的孙子孙女可能永远无法在大象的图片书之外看到大象？