Near enough to the time when the states of America were founded, to be accurately acquainted with their elements, and sufficiently removed from that period to judge of some of their results, the men of our own day seem destined to see further than their predecessors into the series of human events.
Gaur egungo gizakia-gizarte amerikarrak sortu ziren garaitik aski hurbil beraien osagaiak zehatz ezagutu ahal izateko, eta behar bezain urruti hastapen haiek eman dutena jadanik epaitu ahal izateko-, badirudi bere aurrekoak baino urrutirago ikusi beharrean dagoela gizakiari gertatutakoetan.