"The eternal religion of the inward essence of man... the individual dream of the heart, is the worship of his own being, the adoration of life," as the tortured soul of Flaubert was intimately aware (Par les champs et par les grèves, vii.).
"Gizonaren erraietako betiereko erlijioa..., bihotzaren amets indibiduala, bere izatearen gurkera da, bere bizitzaren adorazioa", Flaubert tormentatuak sentitzen zuen bezala (Par les champs et par les grèves, VII).