By this standard I had been great and rare, just as I find myself now pigmy and vulgar by the standard of some past ages, wherein, if no other better qualities concurred, it was ordinary and common to see a man moderate in his revenges, gentle in resenting injuries, religious of his word, neither double nor supple, nor accommodating his faith to the will of others, or the turns of the times:
Honen arabera, aurkituko nintzateke handi eta arraroa, pigmeo eta arrunta aurkitzen naizen bezala iragan mende zenbaiten arabera, haietan arrunta baitzen, beste nolakotasun azkarrik gertatzen ez bazen, bere mendekuetan gizon neurtu baten ikustea, laidoen erresuminean bigun, hitzaren betetzean zuzen, plegurik gabe, arinkeriarik gabe, bere fedea ez egokitzen besteren nahikundeari eta aldiei.