"He was the more confirmed in this opinion, because, he observed, that as I agreed in every feature of my body with other Yahoos, except where it was to my real disadvantage in point of strength, speed, and activity, the shortness of my claws, and some other particulars where nature had no part; so from the representation I had given him of our lives, our manners, and our actions, he found as near a resemblance in the disposition of our minds."
Oso sendo zegoen iritzi honetan, konturatua baitzen nire gorputzeko ezaugarri guztietan beste yahooen antza nuela, baina benetan behetik nengoela indar, abiadura eta mugikortasunean, atzazalen laburtasunean eta Naturari ez zegozkion beste zenbait xehetasunetan; era berean, gure bizimodu, ohitura eta ekintzei buruz esan nionagatik, buru-jarreretan ere antzekotasun handia aurkitzen zuen.