As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever-branching and beautiful ramifications.
Kimuek, haztean, kimu berriak sortzen dituzten bezala, eta hauek, indartsuak badira, abartzen eta nonnahi adar ahulagoak azpiratzen dituzten bezala, halaxe, nire ustez, gertatu da, ugalpena bide, bere adar hil eta apurtuz lurrazala bete eta beti abartzen diharduten adar ederrez gainaldea estaltzen duen Biziaren Zuhaitz handian ere.