Suppose a case where I alone know that the wrong is on my side, and although a free confession of it and the offer of satisfaction are so strongly opposed by vanity, selfishness, and even an otherwise not illegitimate antipathy to the man whose rights are impaired by me, I am nevertheless able to discard all these considerations; in this there is implied a consciousness of independence on inclinations and circumstances, and of the possibility of being sufficient for myself, which is salutary to me in general for other purposes also.
Kasu batean, non nik bakarrik dakidan okerra nire aldetik datorrela, eta, horren aitorpen askeak eta asebetearen eskaintzak harrokerian, berekoikerian, eskubidea urratu zaionaren aurkako antipatian, bestelakoan legeztatugabea ez denean, hain aurkakotasun handia aurkitzen duen arren, hala ere eragozpen horietatik guztietatik aska banaiteke, hor joeretatik eta zorion egoeretatik eta norberaren burua asebetetzeko ahalgarritasunetik beregain izateko kontzientzia barnebiltzen da, niri osasungarri zaidana, baita beste asmotarako ere.