Nay more, there would be produced the spectacle of a continuous effort without effect, which is always ridiculous, and may really be compared to what happened when some one for a joke stopped the horn of a night watchman with wax while he was asleep, and then awoke him with the cry of fire, and amused himself by watching his vain endeavours to blow the horn.
Are gehiago, porrot egin duen ahalegin baten itxura irrigarria sortuko luke, pailazo batek egingo lukeenarekin errealki konpara daitekeena, lotan dagoen gauzainari adarra ezkoz erabat trabatu eta gero su-oihuekin esnatuko balu eta hark adarrari putz egitean alferrikako ahaleginez olgatuko balitz.