Here 's what they 've forgotten--Rembrandt , van Gogh , Spinoza , hydraulic engineering , silver skates , Boswell 's education , ( I was sure there 'd be many a smartass remark about his law school days ) , treat , courage , uncle , rub , elm disease , those damned Spanish Hapsburgs , that crazy Protestant Reformation ( the long hair , the beads , the--oh , wait , Woodstock again ) , the seizure of Sumatra , the wars with England and their possible connection to the death of Christopher Marlowe ( who never got to see Gwyneth Paltrow naked , but might have if only he and she had been at Woodstock ) , and the nation 's new maturity in 1952 when it took its place among other great nations as a member of the European Coal and Steel Commission .
The nation 's new maturity in 2052 .