Propitious circumstances and good laws might succeed in drawing to the legislature of a democratic people men very superior to those who are returned by the Americans to Congress; but nothing will ever prevent the men of slender abilities who sit there from obtruding themselves with complacency, and in all ways, upon the public.
Zirkunstantzia zoriontsuek eta lege onek lor lezakete herri demokratiko baten legebiltzarrera amerikarrek Kongresura bidaltzen dituztenak baino askoz pertsona bikainagoak erakartzea; baina sekula ez dute eragotziko bertan dauden gaitasun gutxikoek beren burua gogotsu erakustea gai guztietan.