and every-where to make such a reflection on those things which presented themselves to me, that I might draw profit from them. For (me thought) I could meet with far more truth in the discourses which every man makes touching those affairs which concern him, whose event would quickly condemn him, if he had judg'd amisse;
Eta bakarrik nire baitan edo munduko liburu handian aurki zitekeen zientzia bilatu behar nuela erabakita, nire gaztaroko gainerako denbora guztia bidaiatzen eman nuen, gorteak eta armadak ikusten, natura eta bizibide ezberdinetako jendearekin harremanetan, nire burua probatuz halabeharrak eskaintzen zizkidan ustekabeen aurrean, eta, beti ere, niretzat onuragarriak izan zitezkeen gogoetak eginaz agertzen zitzaizkidan gauzei buruz.