and I was struck by the manly independence of the citizens, who respect the office more than the officer, and who are less attached to the emblems of authority than to the man who bears them.
funtzioari baino gehiago funtzionariari, boterearen kanpo-zeinuei baino gehiago gizakiari atxikitzen zaion barne-indar honetan, miresten dudan gizontasunezko zerbait hautematen dut.