And we, their miserable descendants, roaming over the earth, without faith, without pride, without enjoyment, and without terror-except that involuntary awe which makes the heart shrink at the thought of the inevitable end-we are no longer capable of great sacrifices, either for the good of mankind or even for our own happiness, because we know the impossibility of such happiness; and, just as our ancestors used to fling themselves from one delusion to another, we pass indifferently from doubt to doubt, without possessing, as they did, either hope or even that vague though, at the same time, keen enjoyment which the soul encounters at every struggle with mankind or with destiny.
Eta gu, haien ondorengo errukarriok, alderrai gabiltza munduan, sinesterik eta harrotasunik gabe, ez gozamen ez beldur, halabeharrez amaiera etorriko zaigula pentsatzean bihotza nahi gabe zapaltzen digun izua izan ezik; gu, haien ondorengo errukarriok, dagoeneko ez gara sakrifizio handietarako gauza, ez gizadiaren onuragatik, ez geure zoriontasunagatik, bai baitakigu ezinezkoa dela; eta axolagabe jotzen dugu zalantza batetik bestera, gure arbasoek oker batetik bestera jauzi egiten zuten modu berean; baina guk, ordea, ez dugu ez haiek zuten itxaropena eta ez jendearen zein patuaren aurkako borrokan arimak kausitzen duen gozamen zehaztugabe baina zinezko hori ere...