'With a hunger and thirst upon me, father, which have never been for a moment appeased; with an ardent impulse towards some region where rules, and figures, and definitions were not quite absolute; I have grown up, battling every inch of my way.'
"Gosez eta egarriz, aita, hauek une batez ere amatatu ez baitira, hazi egin naiz, arauak, zenbakiak eta definizioak erabatekoak ez ziren lurralderen batera egiteko irrika bizian, bidearen tarte bakoitzaren aurka borrokatuz."