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81:6.42 [[Leadership]] is vital to [[progress]]. [[Wisdom]], [[insight]], and [[foresight]] are indispensable to the [[endurance]] of [[nations]]. [[Civilization]] is never really jeopardized until able [[leadership]] begins to vanish. And the [[quantity]] of such [[wise]] [[leadership]] has never exceeded one per cent of the [[population]].
 
81:6.42 [[Leadership]] is vital to [[progress]]. [[Wisdom]], [[insight]], and [[foresight]] are indispensable to the [[endurance]] of [[nations]]. [[Civilization]] is never really jeopardized until able [[leadership]] begins to vanish. And the [[quantity]] of such [[wise]] [[leadership]] has never exceeded one per cent of the [[population]].
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81:6.43 And it was by these rungs on the [[evolutionary]] ladder that [[civilization]] climbed to that place where those mighty [[influences]] could be [[initiated]] which have culminated in the rapidly expanding [[culture]] of the [http://en.wikpedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century]. And only by [[adherence]] to these [[essentials]] can man [[hope]] to [[maintain]] his present-day [[civilizations]] while providing for their continued [[development]] and certain [[survival]].
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81:6.43 And it was by these rungs on the [[evolutionary]] ladder that [[civilization]] climbed to that place where those mighty [[influences]] could be [[initiated]] which have culminated in the rapidly expanding [[culture]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century]. And only by [[adherence]] to these [[essentials]] can man [[hope]] to [[maintain]] his present-day [[civilizations]] while providing for their continued [[development]] and certain [[survival]].
    
81:6.44 This is the gist of the long, long [[struggle]] of the peoples of [[earth]] to [[establish]] [[civilization]] since the age of [[Adam]]. Present-day [[culture]] is the net result of this strenuous [[evolution]]. Before the [[discovery]] of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press printing], [[progress]] was [[relatively]] slow since one [[generation]] could not so rapidly benefit from the [[achievements]] of its predecessors. But now [[human]] [[society]] is plunging forward under the [[force]] of the accumulated [[momentum]] of all the ages through which [[civilization]] has struggled.
 
81:6.44 This is the gist of the long, long [[struggle]] of the peoples of [[earth]] to [[establish]] [[civilization]] since the age of [[Adam]]. Present-day [[culture]] is the net result of this strenuous [[evolution]]. Before the [[discovery]] of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press printing], [[progress]] was [[relatively]] slow since one [[generation]] could not so rapidly benefit from the [[achievements]] of its predecessors. But now [[human]] [[society]] is plunging forward under the [[force]] of the accumulated [[momentum]] of all the ages through which [[civilization]] has struggled.