Indeed, actions must do so, since they alone give my measure, and are the sole means of engraving me upon the memory of men, or even upon my own memory (and since perhaps the very possibility of continuing to express and modify oneself by action may constitute the real difference between the state of the living and of the dead).
Noski badutela nire antza-izango ez dute, ba-, ekintzok bait ditut neure buruaren neurri bakarra, eta gizakien oroimenean, eta are neurean berean ere, neure burua marrazteko dudan modu bakarra; horretan bait datza, izan ere, hildakoaren eta bizi denaren arteko aldea: hildakoak ezin duela jadanik bere burua ekintzaren bidez adierazi eta aldarazi.