Need missing page 268 from Fourth Turning TPB

[Aristotle Jones]

"You are just not used to the layout. I wasn't originally either. But you will figure it out. Rest up."

I am not used to people injecting their unsolicited commentaries into a simple request for a quoted page from the actual author of TFT.

What follows is my best attempt to reconstruct what Neil actually wrote as supplied by pbrower2a. It is still incomplete because it does not include the missing matter leading up to the final sentence quoted in my original request.

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• "As visionary Prophets replace Artists in elderhood...they push to resolve ever-deepening moral choices, setting the stage for the secular goals of the young.
  

Elder Prophets push principle beyond the point of no return, beyond the symbolic to the decisive. They now use their values to define community. They insist upon respect for elder stewardship and demand that people put rectitude above material gain and indulgence.  So it has been since the late sixteenth century; expect much the same now. Elder Idealists faced death without fear. They knew that the world was doomed without such a redirection, and they turned against rebels, despots, and unbelievers. So it was in the American Revolution when Samuel Adams exhorted "Let us behave like... wise men". Praying while younger men fought, they had the first two presidents of the Continental Congress who pushed blue laws. Transcendental leaders of both sides dominated in both Richmond and Washington throughout the Civil War.

Thaddeus Stevens, one of the hottest of fire-breathers of the Union side, said "Instruments of war are not selected on account of their harmlessness" while calling for the Union armies to "lay waste to the whole South"
 
The elders get their way with ferocity against demonized enemies, and they inflict maximal harm to an enemy.

• As pragmatic Nomads replace Prophets in midlife, they apply toughness and resolution to defend society while safeguarding the interests of the young.
  

Playing to win but half-expecting to lose, Nomad/Reactive generations enter midlife with a sense of exhaustion. Becoming increasingly averse to risk they become much more cautious. They accept widening gaps between 'winners' and 'losers' in economic results. The ablest get renown for cunning, pragmatism, and individual distinction. Now recognizing that everything is at stake they rise to the occasion to make tough choices. Still preferring the workable over the ideal they at best translate Idealist preachings into practical objectives. They expect little success and even less gain, let alone personal recognition for their successes. They expect the worst if things go wrong; if the Great Struggle goes badly they will be the ones who lose big chunks of their lives to the hangman. They do not fight as gentlemen.
 
They have everything to lose and little to gain -- and they know it. That's how much of life is for Nomad/Reactive types.

• As team-working Heroes replace Nomads in young adulthood, they challenge the political failure of elder-led crusades, fueling a society-wide secular crisis.
  

Coming of age, Hero generations prefer constructive activity, dutiful conduct, and generational community. Doers and team players almost by instinct, they prefer that goals and community be clearly defined. They band (and bind) on command, expecting and receiving challenges from elders. Their heroism turns a menacing world into something promising, meeting adversity ably -- as they can imagine no alternatives other than unsufferable defeat and subsequent subjection. These are the sorts who charged Omaha Beach as no generation any of us can remember from since the American Revolution could do. Most live unobjectionable lives.  

Artists, to put it as simply as possible, are either too old (as will be the remaining Silent) or too young (most youth born so far in the 21st century) to have big roles in the Crisis. They will be on the sidelines of history.

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"The missing matter ends with the following: ..."able over the ideal, midlife Nomads forge an effective alliance"..."

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As I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate an accurate & complete copy of the missing page, can someone please supply the remaining material ending in the above sentence from the top of page 269?

Thanks ahead,

<*>aj