I am determined to show the Finnish nation that we are not a solitary people from the bog, living in isolation from the world and from universal history, but are in fact related to at least one-sixth of mankind. Writing grammars is not my main goal, but without the grammars that goal cannot be attained.”
我决心向芬兰人民表明，他们不是一个孤立与世界的民族，而是至少跟世界上六分之一的人相关。编写(芬兰语)语法不是我的主要目标，但没有芬兰语语法这一目标就无法实现。