Weder dem Vergangenen anheimfallen, noch dem Zukünftigen. Es kommt darauf an, ganz gegenwärtig zu sein. (One must be bound neither to the past not to the future. It is essential to be utterly committed to the present.) —KARL JASPERS TWO WORLD WARS in one generation, separated by an uninterrupted chain of local wars and revolutions, followed by no peace treaty f..