he feared for the welfare of our ancient religions, which yoke men to no dogma whatsoever, but lend themselves, on the contrary, to interpretations as varied as nature itself; they allow austere spirits who desire to do so to invent for themselves a higher morality, but they do not bind the masses by precepts so strict as to engender immediate constraint and hypocrisy.
beldur zen oso, gure erlijio zaharrei zer gertatuko ote zitzaien pentsatzean: gure erlijio zaharrak, hots, inori inolako dogmaren uztarririk leporatzen ez diotenak, natura bera bezain interpretazio ugari eta era askotarikoak egiteko ahalbidea eskaintzen dutenak;