AS amidst several degrees of darkness we may form a judgment of those which are the least thick, and among precipices which are the least deep, so we may search among false religions for those that are most conformable to the welfare of society; for those which, though they have not the effect of leading men to the felicity of another life, may contribute most to their happiness in this.
Iluntasunen artean zein ez den hain handia juzga daitekeen bezala, eta amildegien artean zein ez den hain sakon, halaxe araka daiteke erlijio faltsuen artean ere ea zein atxikitzen zaion hobeto gizartearen onari: gizakiak hurrengo bizitzako zorionera eraman gabe ere, zeinek laguntzen duten hemengo honetan ahalik eta zoriontsuen egiten.