And this man who has grown to freedom, who is really competent to promise, this lord of the free will, this sovereign-how is it possible for him not to know how great is his superiority over everything incapable of binding itself by promises, or of being its own security, how great is the trust, the awe, the reverence that he awakes-he "deserves" all three-not to know that with this mastery over himself he is necessarily also given the mastery over circumstances, over nature, over all creatures with shorter wills, less reliable characters?
Gizaki askatu horrek, zeini errealki zilegi baitzaio promesak egitea, nahimen askearen jaun horrek, soberano horrek-nola ez zuen jakingo horrekin zuen nagusitasuna promesak egitea eta bere buruaz erantzutea zilegi ez zaion hura guztiarekiko, nola ez zuen jakingo zenbat konfiantza, zenbat beldur, zenbat errespetu sortzen duen-berak hiru gauzak "merezi" ditu-, eta nola, bere buruaren domeinu horretan ematen zaion halaber ezinbestean inguruabarren, naturaren eta fidagarritasun gutxiagoko eta nahimen laburragoko izaki guztien domeinua?