The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in authority. Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained ...

He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others; and he who w alks far in advance of his contemporaries is a leader, even though centuries may pass before he is recognized as such and intelligently followed.