Some objects of our perception excite in us the feeling of the sublime because, not only on account of their spatial vastness, but also of their great age, that is, their temporal duration, we feel ourselves dwarfed to insignificance in their presence, and yet revel in the pleasure of contemplating them:
-Gure begiespeneko objektu askok bikainaren inpresioa eragiten dute, beren handiera espazial edo beren adin, horrela beren denborazko iraupen handiaren indarrez, gu haien aurrean hutseraino txikiturik sentiaraziz, eta hala ere haiei begiratuz gozatu egiten dugula: