If a grown-up is a babe in the woods, he is defenseless and naive.

如成年人是" a babe in the woods（幼稚盲从的人）" ，那他毫无戒备之心且天真无邪。

But in this world of followers, we have forgotten to lead ourselves.

但在这充斥着盲从者的世界，我们忘记了要做自己的领导者。

I do not say that you should be hard hearted or unkind, and refuse to hear the cry of need; but you must not try to eradicate poverty in any of the conventional ways.

我这样说的意思并不是要你做铁石心肠的人，冷酷地何来自他人的求助，而是想让你知道，你对不能再盲从于何传统的消除贫困的方式，因为那对无法从根本上消除贫困。