The dread of being prosecuted as a bankrupt acts with more intensity upon the mind of the majority of the people than the fear of being involved in losses or ruin by the failure of other parties, and a sort of guilty tolerance is extended by the public conscience to an offence which everyone condemns in his individual capacity.
Porrot-egile bezala pertsegitua izateko beldurra, bankarrotan behea jota gelditzeko beldurra baino handiagoa da gehiengoaren barnean; eta kontzientzia publikoan halako tolerantzia hobendun bat sortzen da bakoitzak banaka gaitzesten duen delituarekiko.