In the resolute readiness with which you cut your wealth into four shares, keeping but one to yourself, and relinquishing the three others to the claim of abstract justice, I recognised a soul that revelled in the flame and excitement of sacrifice.
"Quando in uno slancio risoluto avete voluto far quattro parti del vostro patrimonio, serbandone per voi una sola, ho visto che amavate il sacrifizio.