For as a man, who fired a mine, is answerable for all the consequences whether the train he employed be long or short; so wherever a continued chain of necessary causes is fixed, that Being, either finite or infinite, who produces the first, is likewise the author of all the rest, and must both bear the blame and acquire the praise which belong to them.
Lehergailuaren metxa piztu duena ere ondorio guztien erantzule den moduan, dela laburra zein motza erabili duen haria, halaxe, beharrezko kausen kate jarrai bat finkatzean, lehen kausa sortzen duen Izaki hura, dela finitua edo infinitua, izango da beste kausa guztien eragile, eta hauei dagokien gaitzespena jasan nahiz laudorioa jaso beharko duena era berean.