He that considers how little our constitution is able to bear a remove into part of this air, not much higher than that we commonly breathe in, will have reason to be satisfied, that in this globe of earth allotted for our mansion, the all-wise Architect has suited our organs, and the bodies that are to affect them, one to another. If our sense of hearing were but a thousand times quicker than it is, how would a perpetual noise distract us. And we should in the quietest retirement be less able to sleep or meditate than in the middle of a sea-fight.
Deskuidoan gure entzumena den baino mila aldiz zoliagoa balitz, tormentua makala ez liguke ekarriko etengabeko zaratots horrek! Bakardaderik lasaienean ere, itsas bataila batean baino zailago genuke lo edo gogoeta egiten.