One of his great objects was to place Italian discovery, which the French historians had not treated fairly, in its proper rank.... We suspect that political animosity generated this slander, and that a real belief in the minds of bad men that collectors always steal, and that the charge was therefore sure to be true.
Isa ng kanyang mga dakilang bagay ay sa lugar Italian diskubre, na kung saan ang French historians ay hindi tratuhin ng pantay, sa kanyang maayos na ranggo.... Suspect namin na pampulitika poot na ito ay bumuo ng paninirang-puri, at na ang isang tunay na paniniwala sa isipan ng masamang lalaki na collectors palaging magnakaw, at na ang bayad ay kaya siguraduhin na maging totoo.