Justice and virtue, wrong and vice. Talents, great and small passions. Guilt and innocence, good and ill fortune. All this has its worth in conscious life. There it finds its judgment and an imperfect justice.

And world history?

It stands outside these points of view. In it the present stage of the world spirit gets its absolute right. The nation that carries this stage accomplishes its deeds. Good fortune and fame belong to it.

Summary: Virtue and vice, good and ill fortune have their worth in ordinary life. World history follows a different measure. There the current stage of the world spirit has absolute right.