He that shall observe in children the progress whereby their minds attain the knowledge they have, will think that the objects they do first and most familiarly converse with are those that make the first impressions on their understandings; nor will he find the least footsteps of any other.
Haurrek beren ezagupenak erdiesteko ukan ohi duten prozesua segitzen duenak ikusiko du lehenik eta maizen aurkezten zaizkion gauzak direla adimenean lehenbiziko inpresioak eragiten dizkiotenak, eta ez du beste ezeren lorratz txikienik ere aurkituko.