"And since I am myself poor and obscure, I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity. _You_ may even think it degrading--for I see now your habits have been what the world calls refined: your tastes lean to the ideal, and your society has at least been amongst the educated; but _I_ consider that no service degrades which can better our race.
-Siendo, pues, pobre y humilde, no puedo ofrecer a usted trabajos que no sean humildes y pobres. Usted quizá se considere rebajada, porque me doy cuenta de que tiene los hábitos que el mundo llama refinados, y que ha tratado con gentes educadas.