The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

自由民主的未来取决于其自我改革的能力，以及解决那些感到被全球化和技术变革抛下的人的合理不满。