that he who has not that cast of eye, as to shew him at once a tract of several leagues in all its various situations, that presence of mind which enables him to improve all the advantages of a victory, and, in a defeat, to help himself by every possible resource, will never acquire these talents. Therefore we have high employments for great and elevated persons, to whom heaven has not only given the heart, but also the genius of heroism; and inferior stations for those whose talents are also inferior.
begirada batez gai ez dena legoa zenbaiteko lurraldea ikertzekoa bere egoera ezberdin guztietan, adimen zorrotz honetaz baliatuz garaipenaren alde on guztiez baliatzeko, eta porrotaldi batean dituen medioez, ez dituela inoiz talentu hauek lortuko. Horregatik gordetzen ditugu kargu distirant horiek Zeruak ez bakarrik bihotz handi batez, baizik eta jenio harrigarri batez hornitu dituen gizonentzat, eta beheko karguak halako talentuak dutenentzat.