Certainly, nothing but some such decreed unavoidable misery, which it was impossible for me to escape, could have pushed me forward against the calm reasonings and persuasions of my most retired thoughts, and against two such visible instructions as I had met with in my first attempt.
Ciertamente, solo una desgracia semejante, insoslayable por decreto y de la que en modo alguno podía escapar, pudo haberme obligado a seguir adelante, en contra de los serenos razonamientos y avisos de mi conciencia y de las dos advertencias que había recibido en mi primera experiencia.