That part of our history which tells of the military achievements which gave us our several possessions, or of the ready valour with which either we or our fathers stemmed the tide of Hellenic or foreign aggression, is a theme too familiar to my hearers for me to dilate on, and I shall therefore pass it by.
"Horretatik guztitik, ez ditut aipatuko gauza bakoitza erdiesteko egin ziren gerra ekintzak, ezta guk edo gure gurasoek, adorez, etsai inbaditzaileari, zirela Heleniarrak edo barbaroak, atzera eragin genioneko ekintzak ere, ez nadin luzeegi mintza hori guztia dakien jendearen aurrean;