Europe has arrived at so high a degree of power that nothing in history can be compared with it, whether we consider the immensity of its expenses, the grandeur of its engagements, the number of its troops, and the regular payment even of those that are least serviceable, and which are kept only for ostentation.
Europa hain botere-maila handira iritsi da, non historian ez baita horrekin konparatzeko moduko beste ezer, kontuan hartzen badira gastuen izugarria, eginkizunen handia, tropen kopurua eta haien mantenuaren iraupena, nahiz eta guztiz alferrikakoak izan, hots, erakuste hutsagatik edukitzen direnak.