One may imagine the contempt that was felt for the study of languages by a man who spent his time discovering the precise dates of the fall of empires and the revolutions that change the face of the world.
Egunak joan egunak etorri, buru-belarri aritzen zen apaiza inperioen erorialdien eta munduaren aurpegia aldatzen duten iraultzen data zehatza ikertzen; nola ez zituen, bada, hizkuntz ikasketak gutxietsiko?