Nevertheless, so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life!
Hala ere, gure ezjakintza hain sakona eta gure harrokeria hain handia denez gero, mira eginik gelditzen gara izaki organiko bat iraungi egin dela entzuten dugunean;