If men were ever to content themselves with material objects, it is probable that they would lose by degrees the art of producing them; and they would enjoy them in the end, like the brutes, without discernment and without improvement.
Gizakiak inoiz iritsiko balira ondasun materialekin konforme egotera, ziur aski ondasun horiek egiteko trebetasuna galduko lukete poliki-poliki eta azkenerako inolako bereizketa eta aurrerapenik gabe gozatuko lukete horietaz, abereek bezalaxe.