and different to those philosophers, who say that we enjoy only the present time, and that the past is nothing, he, on the contrary, enjoys only the past, and exists not but in the campaigns he hath made: he breathes in the times that are passed away, as heroes ought to live in those which are to come."
Hain uste du dela beharrezko gure historian, non beretzat hau bera bukatzen den unean amaitzen den, sufritu dituen zenbait zauri Monarkiaren desegitea balira bezala kontsideratzen dituen, eta, egun egunekoa soilik dasta dezakegun eta iragana ez dela deus dioten filosofoen iritzien kontra, bera ez den laketzen iraganarekin baizik, eta ez den bizi ez bada egin dituen gerrateetan: