But epochs sometimes occur, in the course of the existence of a nation, at which the ancient customs of a people are changed, public morality destroyed, religious belief disturbed, and the spell of tradition broken, whilst the diffusion of knowledge is yet imperfect, and the civil rights of the community are ill secured, or confined within very narrow limits.
Baina batzuetan herrien bizitzan iristen da momentu bat antzinako ekanduak aldatu egiten direnekoa, ohiturak suntsitu, sineskizunak desegin, oroitzapenen prestigioa desagertu, eta hala ere jakintzargiak osagabe gelditzen dira eta eskubide politikoak gaizki ziurtatuak edo murriztuak.