A glance at this line soon showed me the sort of criticism that I had to expect, much as though the reviewer were one who had never seen or heard of geometry, having found a Euclid, and coming upon various figures in turning over its leaves, were to say, on being asked his opinion of it:
Lerro hori ikusi bezain laster igarri nion nik zer-nolako kritika aterako zen hortik: honelako zerbait, alegia, Geometriako ezertaz inoiz deus entzun edo ikusi ez duen batek Euklidesen liburu bat aurkitu izan balu, eta jendeak eskatuko balio, eman dezala hartaz bere iritzia, eta hark orriak pasatzean, irudi asko ikusi eta honelatsu esango balu bezala: