The demand of the permanent measure does not soften under residual conditions. The residual man continues to answer it even though the age offers continuous invitations to lower the standard. The demand remains the same. Only the conditions of answering it have changed.
Young men who still feel the demand often interpret residual difficulty as a reason to adjust the standard downward. They conclude that the measure must be made more realistic. The residual path rejects that adjustment. It continues to answer the full demand without waiting for easier conditions.
This unyielding answer is the residual form of the older hierarchical and initiatory obedience that once ordered traditional life. The man who keeps answering already performs the residual duty. That duty does not become less binding because the age no longer supports it.
Answer the unyielding demand. Do not wait for the age to become more favorable to higher standards. The residual act is to keep the permanent measure effective in every decision. That effectiveness is the continuity of the higher type.