Now the people which is thus carried away by the illusions of glory is unquestionably the most cold and calculating, the most unmilitary (if I may use the expression), and the most prosaic of all the peoples of the earth.
eta aintzaren ospeak honela herrestatzen duen herri hori, munduko herri guztien artean hotzena, kalkulatzaileena, izpiritu militar gutxienekoa eta, honela esan badezaket, prosaikoena izango da, ziur aski.