(_Fade-out showing him biting his upper lip, still thinking_.)
The second scene is laid in Rome.
Caption: "HERE, AFTER A YEAR'S WANDERING THROUGH THE HAPPY, SMILING
LANDS OF EUROPE, COMES YOUNG HENRY ADAMS IN HIS SEARCH FOR EDUCATION.
AND NOW, IN THE SHADOW OF ANCIENT ROME, HE FINDS PEACE, BUT NOT THAT
PEACE FOR WHICH HE SOUGHT."
[Illustration: "Thrilling moment in 'The Education of Henry Adams.'"]
He is discovered sitting on a rock among the ruins of the Capitol,
thinking. He tosses a pebble from one hand to another and scowls. The
shadows deepen, and he rises, passing his hand across his brow.
(_Flash-back showing the Latin verbs which govern the dative case.
Pianist plays: "The March of the Jolly Grenadiers."_)
He walks slowly to the _Museo Nazionale_, where he stands pondering
before a statue of Venus, thinking about Roman art and history--and
about his Education.
Caption: "CAN ALL THIS BE FITTED INTO A TIME-SEQUENCE? CAN RIENZI,
GARIBALDI. TIBERIUS GRACCHUS, AURELIAN, ANY OF THESE FAMOUS NAMES OF
ROME, BE ADAPTED TO A SYSTEMATIC SCHEME OF EVOLUTION? NO, NO ... A
THOUSAND TIMES, NO!"
He sinks down on a rock and weeps bitterly.
The next scene is in England and our hero is found sitting at a desk
in his study in London. He is gazing into space--thinking.
Caption: "AND SO, ALL THROUGH THE LONG, WEARY SUMMER, HENRY ADAMS SAT,
HEAD IN HAND, WONDERING IF DARWIN WAS RIGHT. TO HIM THE GLACIAL EPOCH
SEEMED LIKE A YAWNING CHASM BETWEEN A UNIFORMITARIAN WORLD AND
HIMSELF. IF THE GLACIAL PERIOD WERE UNIFORMITY, WHAT WAS
CATASTROPHE?... AND TO THIS QUESTION, THE COOL OF THE SUMMER'S EVENING
IN SHROPSHIRE BROUGHT NO RELIEF."
He rises slowly and goes to the book-shelves, from which he draws a
copy of "The Origin of Species." Placing it before him on the desk he
turns the pages slowly until he comes to one which holds his
attention.
_Close-up of page 126, on which is read_: "It is notorious that
specific characters are more variable than generic....
_Feet_
Palæzoic strata (not including 57,154
igneous beds)
Secondary strata 13,190