So thoroughly had the present prosperity persuaded the citizens that nothing could withstand them, and that they could achieve what was possible and impracticable alike, with means ample or inadequate it mattered not.
Horrela, orduko oparotasunaz gozatzen ari ziren bitartean, uste zuten ezerk ere ezin ziezaiekeela kontra egin eta hala gauza lorgarriak nola zailak era berean buru zitzaketela, indar gehiago edo gutxiago erabilita.