and although sometimes in the conditions under which the human race is actually living it may not so befall, but curiosity may prevail over necessity and knowledge over hunger, nevertheless the primordial fact is that curiosity sprang from the necessity of knowing in order to live, and this is the dead weight and gross matter carried in the matrix of science.
eta gure leinuaren oraingo egoeran inoiz edo behin horrela gertatuko ez balitz ere, jakingura premiaren gainean eta zientzia gizonaren gainean jarriz, jakingura bizitzeko ezagutu beharretik jalgi zela funtsezko egintza da, eta hauxe da zientziak bere baitan daraman pisu hila eta materia trauskila;