if man could know equity and justice that had a body and a true being, he would not fetter it to the conditions of this country or that; it would not be from the whimsies of the Persians or Indians that virtue would receive its form.
Zuzentasuna eta zuzenbidea, gizonak ezagutuko balu gorputz eta zinezko izate batekoa, ez luke lurralde honetako edo hartako ohituren baldintzari estekatuko; bertuteak ez luke persiarren edo hindutarren ameskeriatik bere moldea hartuko.