Anyone who had been listening to him at that moment would have been convinced that he regularly attended the lectures of Dr Alexander Batek ('We must declare war to the death on the demon of alcohol, who slaughters our best men') and had been reading his 'Hundred ethical sparks'.
Kapilaua aje itzelak eta erabateko depresioak jota zegoen. Une hartan entzungo zionak pentsa zezakeen kapilaua Alexander Batek izeneko sendagilearen hitzaldietara joan ohi zela, "deklara diezaiogun hil edo biziko gerra gizonik onenak hiltzen dizkigun alkohol demonioari", eta haren "Ehun zipriztin etiko" irakurtzen zuela.