But even as it brought him national honor he took no pleasure in it himself, and it seemed to him that his work lacked that element of sparkling and joyful improvisation, that quality which surpasses any intellectual substance in its power to delight the receptive world.
Baina nazioak omen egiten zion bitartean, bera ez zen hartaz pozik aurkitzen eta bazuen halako susmo bat bere obrak alaitasunaren fruitu den umore jostari eta sutsu hori ez zuela erakusten, zeinak eusten baitzion edozein barne-edukin edo meritu garrantzizkok baino gehiago irakurlegoaren gozamenari.