The French, by contrast, faced a future in which “it is difficult to foresee to what pitch of stupid excesses their egotism may lead them,” and “into what disgrace and wretchedness they would plunge themselves, lest they should have to sacrifice something of their own well-being to the prosperity of their fellow-creatures.”
Francouzi naproti tomu čelili budoucnosti, v níž „lze těžko předvídat, na jakou rovinu hloupých excesů je jejich sobectví může zavést“ a „do jaké potupy a ubohosti by se sami uvrhli, jen aby nemuseli obětovat něco ze svého blahobytu ve prospěch prosperity bližních“.