Yet from this natural heaviness of mine, men ought not to conclude a total inability in me (for want of care and want of sense are two very different things), and much less any unkindness or ingratitude towards that corporation who employed the utmost means they had in their power to oblige me, both before they knew me and after; and they did much more for me in choosing me anew than in conferring that honour upon me at first.
Jatorrizko ilauntasun horretarik ez da, hala ere, ezintasunaren probarik batere ondoriatu behar (zeren axolarik eza eta zentzurik eza bi gauza baitira) eta are gutiago ezezagutza eta eskargaitzaren probarik jende honen aldera, eskuetan zeuzkan bide guztiez baliatu baitzen niri eskertzeko, ni ezagutu baino lehenago eta ondoren ere, eta lehen aldiz ematean baino gehiago egin baitzuen nire alde nire karguaren berrematean.