"I know not," said Martin, "in what balance your Pangloss could have weighed the misfortunes of mankind, and have set a just estimation on their sufferings. All that I pretend to know of the matter is that there are millions of men on the earth, whose conditions are a hundred times more pitiable than those of King Charles Edward, the Emperor Ivan, or Sultan Achmet."
Yo no poseo, respondió Martin, la balanza con que pesaba ese señor Panglós las miserias, y valuaba las cuitas humanas; pero sí presumo que hay en la tierra millones de hombres mas dignos de lástima que el rey Carlos Eduardo, el emperador Ivan, y el sultan Acmet.