If the Americans displayed the same propensities as all other democratic nations, and if their legislators had relied upon the nature of the country and the favor of circumstances to restrain those propensities within due limits, the prosperity of the United States would be exclusively attributable to physical causes, and it would afford no encouragement to a people inclined to imitate their example, without sharing their natural advantages.
Amerikarrek beste herri demokratiko guztiek bezalako joerak izango balituzte, eta joera horiei bidezko mugetan eusteko haien legegileak herrialdeko naturaz eta zirkunstantzia mesedegarriez baliatu izan balira, orduan Estatu Batuetako oparotasunak, kausa fisiko huts horiei egotzi beharko litzaiekeelarik, ez luke ezer frogatuko, haien abantaila naturalik izan gabe, beraien etsenpluei jarraitu nahi lieketen herrien alde.