If we lose ourselves in the contemplation of the infinite greatness of the universe in space and time, meditate on the thousands of years that are past or to come, or if the heavens at night actually bring before our eyes innumerable worlds and so force upon our consciousness the immensity of the universe, we feel ourselves dwindle to nothing; as individuals, as living bodies, as transient phenomena of will, we feel ourselves pass away and vanish into nothing like drops in the ocean.
Baldin eta espazio eta denborako munduaren handiera amaigabeen kontsiderazioan galtzen bagara, iragandako milurteetan eta datozenetan gogoeta egiten badugu-baita ere, gaueko zeruak ezin zenbatu ahal mundu errealki begien aurrean jarri eta horrela munduaren neurtezintasuna kontzientzian ezartzen badigu-orduan hutseraino txikiturik sentitzen gara, norbanako gisa sentitzen gara, soin bizidun gisa, nahimen-agerpen iragankor, urtanta bat ozeanoan bezala desagertzen gara, ezerezean galtzen gara.