A people is therefore never so disposed to increase the functions of central government as at the close of a long and bloody revolution, which, after having wrested property from the hands of its former possessors, has shaken all belief, and filled the nation with fierce hatreds, conflicting interests, and contending factions.
Herri bat inoiz ez da botere zentralaren eskurantzak gehitzeko hain prest egoten iraultza luze eta odoltsutik irtetean baino-ondasunak lehen zeuzkatenen eskuetatik kendu ondoren, sineskizun guztiak astindu, eta nazioa gorroto sutsuz, interes kontrajarriz eta aurkako fakzioz bete duen iraultzatik irtetean, alegia-.