Finally, Reinhold Niebuhr summed up the confrontation, the fully lived Adam I and Adam II life, this way: "Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must  be saved by hope.
Na kraju, Reinhold Niebuhr je zaokružio taj sukob, potpuno proživljen život s Adamom I i Adamom II, na ovaj način: "Ništa što je vrijedno ne postiže se za našeg života; stoga nas mora spasiti nada.