He that knows once that whiteness is the name of that colour he has observed in snow or milk, will not be apt to misapply that word, as long as he retains that idea; which when he has quite lost, he is not apt to mistake the meaning of it, but perceives he understands it not.
Zuria berak elurra edo esnea ikustean hauteman duen kolorea dela dakienak, ezin izanen du hitz hau gaizki aplikatu ideia hau atxikitzeko gai den bitartean, eta esanahia erabat galtzen duenean, haren esanahiaz erratu ez, baina ez duela ulertzen ohartuko da.