But a continual and necessary care to preserve from destruction so considerable a part of the empire demanded rather the manners of a wise than of a voluptuous nation, rather the lawful authority of a monarch than the tyrannic sway of a despotic prince.
Baina inperioaren hain zati handia hondamenditik babesteko etengabe arduratu beharrak, herri zuhur baten ohiturak eskatzen zituen, ez herri atseginzale batenak; erregearen botere legezkoa, ez despotaren botere tiranikoa.