I have read nearly everything that our historians and poets have written, and even our story-tellers, although the latter are considered frivolous; and to such reading I owe perhaps more instruction than I have gathered in the somewhat varied situations of my own life.
Gure historialariek, gure poetek eta baita gure narratzaileek ere idatzi duten ia guztia irakurria dut; azken hauei, narratzaileei, axalekeriaren salaketa egiten bazaie ere, nik neuk makina bat informazio zor diet, neurfe bizitzako egoeretan, ugari eta ezberdinak izan arren, zuzenean jaso ahal izan ditudanak baino askoz gehiago.