They would not have let themselves be led by the nose, to-day by one vain boaster and to-morrow by another, nor would they have opened the nineteenth century, which promised so much in Germany, with the philosophical farces that were performed over the grave of Kant (as the ancients sometimes did at the funeral obsequies of their dead), and which deservedly called forth the derision of other nations, for such things least become the earnest and strait-laced German.
ez genukeen utziko gaur hitzontzi honek, bihar beste hark gidatzen eta Alemanian hain esanguratsua iragartzen zen 19. mendea ez zatekeen bufoikeria filosofikoz irekiko, zeina Kanten hilobiaren gainean egin baita (antzinakoek batzuetan beretarren hiletetan bezala), beste nazioen iseka bidezkoen pean, zeren horrelakorik inori baino gutxiago aleman serio eta batzuetan tentetuei baitagokie.