and so belongs only to intelligent agents, capable of a law, and happiness, and misery. This personality extends itself beyond present existence to what is past, only by consciousness,-whereby it becomes concerned and accountable; owns and imputes to itself past actions, just upon the same ground and for the same reason as it does the present.
Pertsonatasun hau oraingo existentziatik harago iraganekora hedatzen da kontzientziaren ez besteren eraginez, beronen bidez pertsona iraganeko ekintzez arduratuta eta haien erantzule eta jabe sentitzen delarik, ekintzok bere buruari egotziz, oraingoak egozteko dauzkan oinarri eta arrazoi beraz.