 Which sentence describes the central theme of this story?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, August 1957. ] I was wandering among the tall grass of the slopes, listening to the soft whistling of the wind; allowing the grass to caress my toga and thighs. It was a day soft and clear; a day accepted by the young, cherished by we old. In whose names Man killed and plundered, while struggling up. In whose names Man finally left this earth, to seek his cousins among the stars. Saddened, but resigned and content to live in peace with his knowledge and his power. Gone now are all the ancient evils, wars, emergencies. Everything has evaporated in Maternite. A man my age does not hurry in the heat of the midday sun—maddugs nenglishmin go out in the midday sun, as the ancients say, although I often wonder why—but Xeon and Melia ran all the way down to the city. They are of an age to enter manhood, and have all the energy such young men do. They were aware that they stood in the midst of an unprecedented happening; indeed, an emergency. They were created so long ago, indeed, that the ignorant believe them to have been constructed by the gods themselves. Indeed, the watcher is more a tradition than a necessity. They accompanied me past the marble pillars into the cool recesses of the Hall, then seated themselves on the floor as I took my place by the great table.
 The death of curiosity, combined with overreliance on technology, will lead to an ignorant society.
 History is doomed to repeat itself because humans fail to learn from their mistakes.  A society that does not include younger generations in its governing bodies will fail to evolve.  The death of curiosity, combined with overreliance on technology, will lead to an ignorant society.  Too much emphasis on masculine ways of thinking and innovating will ruin a society.