There is a certain sort of crafty humility that springs from presumption, as this, for example, that we confess our ignorance in many things, and are so courteous as to acknowledge that there are in the works of nature some qualities and conditions that are imperceptible to us, and of which our understanding cannot discover the means and causes;
Bada apaltasun zorrotz mota bat, hau bezala, ustekeriatik sortzen dena: geure jakineza ezagutzen baitugu gauza anitzetan eta naturaren eginetan badirela nolakotasun eta baldintza zenbait ohartezinak zaizkigula aitortzeko jendetasuna baitugu, gure jakintzak ez baititu haien bide eta kausak ediren ahal.