It was a spirit of vanity that established among the Europeans the unjust law of primogeniture, so unfavourable to propagation, in that it directs the attention of a father to only one of his children, and turns his eyes from all the others; in that it obliges him, in order to make a solid fortune for one only, to hinder the settlement of the rest; lastly, in that it destroys the equality of citizens, which constitutes all their wealth.
Harrokeria grina batek eraiki du Europarrengan hedakuntzaren hain kontrakoa den primutasunaren eskubide ez zuzena, aitaren arreta seme bakar batean ipintzen baitu, beste guztienganakoa desbideratuz; bakarraren fortuna eraikitzera obligatzen dio, askorenaren aurka; beraz, oparotasun guztiak sortzen dituen hiritarren arteko berdintasuna hausten du.