When the memory of the first races felt itself overloaded, when the mass of reminiscences of the human race became so heavy and so confused that speech naked and flying, ran the risk of losing them on the way, men transcribed them on the soil in a manner which was at once the most visible, most durable, and most natural.
Quand la mémoire des premières races se sentit surchargée, quand le bagage des souvenirs du genre humain devint si lourd et si confus que la parole, nue et volante, risqua d’en perdre en chemin, on les transcrivit sur le sol de la façon la plus visible, la plus durable et la plus naturelle à la fois.