Finally, should I examine whether it be in the power of man to find out that which he seeks and if that quest, wherein he has busied himself so many ages, has enriched him with any new force, or any solid truth; I believe he will confess, if he speaks from his conscience, that all he has got by so long inquiry is only to have learned to know his own weakness.
Ikusi behar dut, hondarrean, gizonaren ahalmenean ote den bilatzen duenaren edireitea, eta duela hainbat mende darabilen bilketak indar berri batez edo egia funtsezko zerbaitez aberastu duen. Banago aitortuko didala, on-onetik mintzo bada, hain jarraipen luzetik atera duen erdieste osoa bere ahuleziaren ezagutzen ikastea dela.