Toward the end of any Awakening, generational strains begin to show: ■ The elder Heroes, still leading institutions while vacating the culture, now worry about a society whose new spiritualism they find alien. ■ The midlife Artists, sensing that the old order has been repudiated, now plan to cast off community discipline and expand the realm of personal choice. ■ The young-adult Prophets, inspired by the discovery of personal truth, now want to change society from the inside out. ■ The child Nomads, cynical youths in a world of powerless adults, learn to distrust the rules and prepare to make
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