If those who are called upon to guide the nations of our time clearly discerned from afar off these new tendencies, which will soon be irresistible, they would understand that, possessing education and freedom, men living in democratic ages cannot fail to improve the industrial part of science; and that henceforward all the efforts of the constituted authorities ought to be directed to support the highest branches of learning, and to foster the nobler passion for science itself. In the present age the human mind must be coerced into theoretical studies;
Egungo nazioak gidatu behar dituztenak argi eta urrutitik ohartuko balira joera berri hauetaz, laster ekidinezinak izango direnak, beraiek ulertuko lukete demokrazi mendeetan bizi direnek, jakintzargi eta askatasunarekin, derrigorrez perfekzionatu behar dutela zientzien industri arloa, eta aurrerantzean gizarte-boterearen ahalegin guztia goi-mailako ikasketak bultzatzera eta zientzi grina handiak sortzera bideratu behar dela.