I still retained a certain liberty of action, or rather a certain detachment toward action itself, which cannot readily be indulged in once one has attained power, and has passed the age of thirty.
Artean banuen nolabaiteko ekintza-askatasun bat, edo, zehazkiago esanda beharbada, ekintzarekiko berarekiko halako urruntasun bat, zeina oso zaila izaten baita mantentzen behin agintera iritsi eta hogeita hamargarren urtetik gora abiatua zarenean.