But precisely because I expect little of the human condition, man's periods of felicity, his partial progress, his efforts to begin over again and to continue, all seem to me like so many prodigies which nearly compensate for the monstrous mass of ills and defeats, of indifference and error.
Baina giza izaeratik hain gauza gutxi espero dudalako iruditzen zait, hain zuzen, miraria ere badirela zoriontasun-aldiak, hala-holako aurrerapenak, birhasteko eta jarraitzeko egiten diren saioak, gaitzen, ausiabartzen, axolagabekerien eta okerkerien masa eskerga nolabait ordarizkatzeko ere gauza badiren mirari batzuk, alegia.