@anonymous:
Perhaps it'd be less confusing to them if it were written in a more familiar style?
"Let him that hath eyes to see, and mind to know, know this. Many are born and many shall die, but not all shall know equally of the fruit of life. To those that fare well will many sons and daughters be given, while to those that fare poorly will few sons and daughters be given. And so shall the next generation be formed, and the next, and the next, to the end of all days. And those that fare poorly, and whose children fare poorly, shall dwindle in number until they vanish like a cat into the night and their names are forgotten. But those who fare well, and whose children fare well, will inherit ever greater prosperity until they rule all about them.
"But let the prideful be warned. The world is made of stone but not set in stone, and those who fare well on one day may fare poorly on the next day, and those who fare poorly on one day may fare well on the next day. Equally are the creatures of the world not set in stone, for even the most low can sire he who shall fare most well, as all who fare well can sire those who are sickly and weak and fare poorly.
"So know then that many will prosper and many will dwindle, but that those who prosper in one place may be those that dwindle in another place, and those that dwindle in one place may be those that prosper in this other place; or that some may prosper in one way, and some in another even though they live cheek by jowl. And so may those who fare most well grow apart from each other until they recognise each other not, nor greet each other like brothers, nor mingle with each other."