We must be aware of the dangers, which lie in our most generous wishes. Some paradox of our nature leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion.

我们必须意识到存在于我们最慷慨的愿望中的危险。我们天性中的一些矛盾导致我们，一旦我们把我们的同胞作为我们启蒙兴趣的对象，就会继续把他们作为我们怜悯的对象，然后是智慧的对象，最终是强迫的对象。