The only man who behaves sensibly is my taylor; he takes my measures anew each time he sees me, whilst all the rest go on with their old measurement and expect them to fit me.

The origin of this work was a functional definition of 'man', based on an analysis of uniquely human potentialities; namely, that each generation may begin where the former left off. This characteristic I called the 'time-binding' capacity. We need not blind ourselves with the old dogma that 'human nature cannot be changed', for we find that it can be changed. We must begin to realize our potentialities as humans, then we may approach the future with some hope.