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In order to know how someone is (or their character) you must put them in power. if you give someone power it is easier to see what their motive is.
He meant that if they failed then everything that the world has worked so hard for, to advance and become "smarter" than we once were would all be for nothing. We would enter a new Dark Age. The Dark Ages were an extraordinarily difficult period in the story of humanity. It is estimated that 100 million people died at the hands of war, poverty, and plague. But during this time new ideas and ideals were born and much of the groundwork was laid for the world we know today.
Well if you think about children you will think of all the stuff they do and if they have a good home