If the reader has rightly understood what I have already said on the subject of literature in general, he will have no difficulty in comprehending that species of influence which a democratic social condition and democratic institutions may exercise over language itself, which is the chief instrument of thought.
Orain arte letrei buruz oro har esan dudana irakurleak ongi ulertu badu, erraz imajinatuko du gizarte-egoera eta erakunde demokratikoek zer-nolako eragina izan dezaketen pentsamenduaren lehen tresna denaren gain, hau da, hizkuntzaren beraren gain.