Yet I flatter myself I might have made my own exposition popular, had my object been merely to sketch out a plan and leave its completion to others, instead of having my heart in the welfare of the science, to which I had devoted myself so long;
Popularitatea, neronek ere eman niezaiokeen nik nire azalpenari (nire burua losintxatuz), nire asmoa izan balitz soilik plan bat proiektatzea, beronen egikaritza beste batzuen eskutan utziz, eta bihotzean hain sartua izan ez banu, aspaldidanik buru-belarri arazotzen nauen zientziaren ona;