When I remember the extreme difficulty with which aristocratic bodies, of whatever nature they may be, are commingled with the mass of the people; and the exceeding care which they take to preserve the ideal boundaries of their caste inviolate, I despair of seeing an aristocracy disappear which is founded upon visible and indelible signs.
Nik neuk, gorputz aristokratikoak, edozelakoak izanik berauen izaera, herri-masarekin bat egitera zein nekez iristen diren, eta herriagandik banatzen dituzten hesi idealak mendetan zehar gordetzeko hartzen duten ardura itzela kontuan hartzen dudanean, galdu egiten dut itxaropena zeinu ageriko eta hilezinetan oinarrituriko aristokrazia desagertzen ikusteko.