In democracies it is by no means the case that all the men who cultivate literature have received a literary education; and most of those who have some tinge of belles-lettres are either engaged in politics, or in a profession which only allows them to taste occasionally and by stealth the pleasures of the mind.
Demokrazietan, literaturaz arduratzen diren guztiek ez dute heziketa literariorik izaten, eta, letra ederren berniz pixka bat dutenen artean, gehienek karrera politikoa egiten dute, edota, izpirituko atseginez isilka gozatzeko, unetxo batzuetan bakarrik utz dezaketen lanbideren bat hartzen dute.