From the moment when they were no longer each of them stuck to his place for his whole existence, and when they had the ambition to take a neighbour's place, why should they not hit out with their fists and try for the mastery?
Du moment qu'on n'était plus collé chacun a sa place pour l'existence entiere, et qu'on pouvait avoir l'ambition de prendre la place du voisin, pourquoi donc n'aurait-on pas joué des poings, en tâchant d'etre le plus fort?