The ordinary person as the deciding variable
A large building does not stand on the few whose names survive. It stands because people whose names go unrecorded laid one brick each. One person can bring a thing down; one person cannot raise it. So the number of ordinary people is exactly how much a society can bear.
| 첫째 단서 — 구조 | A large building does not stand on the few whose names survive. It stands because people whose names will not be recorded laid one brick each. One brick is small, and without it that place is empty. |
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| 둘째 단서 — 목적 | Few lives are lived for the sake of a name in history. Most people do the work in front of them. Yet at the points where an age turned, it was usually that majority who set the direction. |
| 셋째 단서 — 질서 | One person can bring a thing down; one person cannot raise it. Breaking takes one hand, building takes many. So the number of ordinary people is exactly how much a society can bear. |
One brick, laid by someone whose name will not be recorded. That weight is where this book lands.