the facts of history all appeared to me like specimens in a museum, or rather like plants in a herbarium, permanently dried, so that it was easy to forget they had once upon a time been juicy with sap and alive in the sun.
historiako gertakariak museo bateko osagarritzat hartzen nituen, edota hobe esan, bilduma bateko landaretzat, orain betirako ihartuta ikustean aise ahazten bainintzen noizbait eguzkipean mardul bizirik izanak zirela.