In the ages in which active life is the condition of almost everyone, men are therefore generally led to attach an excessive value to the rapid bursts and superficial conceptions of the intellect; and, on the other hand, to depreciate below their true standard its slower and deeper labors.
Ia mundu guztia jardunean aritzen den mendeetan, normalean adimenaren bulkada bizkorrei eta axaleko ideiei gehiegizko balioa egozteko joera izaten da, eta, aitzitik, adimenaren lan sakon eta geldoa neurriz kanpo gutxiestekoa.