Then they are no longer exposed to neglect and ignorance, for they are crowned and sanctioned by the praise of the few men capable of judging, who appear singly and rarely in the course of ages,(57) and give in their votes, whose slowly growing number constitutes the authority, which alone is the judgment-seat we mean when we appeal to posterity.
gero jadanik ez daude gehiago inoren ahaztearen eta ez-ezagutzearen arriskupean, zeren koroatu eta santzionatu egin baititu judiziorako gaitasuna duten buruen txaloak, zeinak banaka eta urri agertzen baitira mendeetan, eta beren botoak ematen baitituzte, zeinen astiro haziz doan baturak autoritatea oinarritzen baitu, zeina bera bakarrik baita epaile-aulki hura, geroko mundurako deitua erabakitzen duena.