To Mesrop we owe the preservation of the language and literature of Armenia; but for his work, the people would have been absorbed by the Persians and Syrians, and would have disappeared like so many nations of the East".
A Mesrob debémoslle a preservación da linguaxe e a literatura armenias; porque sen o seu traballo, o seu pobo sería absorbido polos persas e sirios, e desaparecería como moitas outras nacións do leste".