Is'live far beyond the present and that part of the future that is quickly to follow'good English?

A third trait of the educated man is the power and habit of reflection. Human beings for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the present moment and that part of the future which is quickly to follow it. They do not read those works of prose and poetry which have become classic because they reveal power and habit of reflection and induce that power and habit in others. When one reflects long enough to ask the question “how”, he is on the way to knowing something about science. When he reflects long enough to ask the question “why”, he may, if he persists, even become a philosopher.