And the imitation of Christ, therefore, does not consist in that monastic ideal so shiningly set forth in the book that commonly bears the name of à Kempis, an ideal only applicable to a very limited number of persons and therefore anti-Christian; but to imitate Christ is to take up each one his own cross, the cross of his own civil occupation-civil and not merely religions-as Christ took up his cross, the cross of his calling, and to embrace it and carry it, looking towards God and striving to make each act of this calling a true prayer.
Eta, beraz, Kristoren imitazioa ez datza monastegiko ideial hartan, Kempis izen arrunta daraman liburuan distiratu eta, lagun kopuru oso mugatuari aplika dakiokeen ideala izanez, beraz, antikristaua den idealean; aitzitik, Kristo imitatzea nork bere gurutzea hartzea da, bere hiritar lanbidearen gurutzea, Kristok berea hartu zuen bezala, bere ofizioarena, hiritarra eta batera erlijiozkoa zena, eta hura besarkatu eta eramatea, begiak Jainkoagan jarririk, ofizio horrexetako egintza bereziekin egiazko otoitza egiten saiatuz.