Πραγματικά το φυσικό δίκαιο μας διδάσκει να φονεύουμε τον πλησίον μας κ' έτσι γίνεται σ' όλη τη γη. Εάν εμείς δεν κάμνουμε χρήση του φαγώματος των εχθρών μας, τούτο οφείλεται στο ότι βρίσκομε άλλη άφθονη τροφή.
Indeed the law of nature teaches us to kill our neighbor, and accordingly we find this practiced all over the world; and if we do not indulge ourselves in eating human flesh, it is because we have much better fare; but for your parts, who have not such resources as we, it is certainly much better judged to feast upon your enemies than to throw their bodies to the fowls of the air; and thus lose all the fruits of your victory.