Never has a myth entered, and never will one enter, more closely into the philosophical truth which is attainable to so few than this primitive doctrine of the noblest and most ancient nation. Broken up as this nation now is into many parts, this myth yet reigns as the universal belief of the people, and has the most decided influence upon life to-day, as four thousand years ago.
Inoiz ez da mito bat eta inoiz ez da gerturago hurbilduko egia filosofiko hain erdietsezinetara, nola herri zaharren eta nobleenaren doktrina antzina-antzinako hau bezala, zeinean, nahiz eta orain alde askotatik hain endekaturik egon, herri-fede orokorrean nagusi baita eta bizitzan eragin erabakigarria baitu, gaur orain lau mila urte bezala.