I pleased myself with the design, without determining whether I was ever able to undertake it; not but that the difficulty of launching my boat came often into my head; but I put a stop to my inquiries into it by this foolish answer which I gave myself—“Let me first make it; I warrant I will find some way or other to get it along when it is done.”
Me agradaba el proyecto y no me preocupaba en lo más mínimo si no era capaz de realizarlo. No es que la idea de botar la canoa no me asaltara con frecuencia sino que respondía a mis preguntas con la siguiente insensatez: «Primero ocupémonos de hacerla que, con toda seguridad, encontraré la forma de transportarla cuando esté terminada.»