The historians who seek to describe what occurs in democratic societies are right, therefore, in assigning much to general causes, and in devoting their chief attention to discover them;
Gizarte demokratikoetan gertatzen dena azaldu nahi duten historialariek arrazoi dute, beraz, zati handi bat kausa orokorrei egozterakoan, eta batez ere horiek aurkitzen saiatzerakoan;