Did not our fathers resist the Medes not only with resources far different from ours, but even when those resources had been abandoned; and more by wisdom than by fortune, more by daring than by strength, did not they beat off the barbarian and advance their affairs to their present height?
Horrela gure gurasoek, mediarrari horrelako baliabiderik ukan gabe eta, are, zituztenak ere bertan behera utzita eta zortetik baino adimen argitik gehiago izanda eta euren indarren gainetiko ausartziarekin aurre egitean, atzera eragin zioten barbaroari eta egungo mailaraino garatu zuten gure boterea;