They looked their situation in the face, they analyzed the chances, they prepared themselves for any event, they stood firm and straight before the future, and if adversity was at last to strike them, it would find in them men prepared to struggle against it.
Lejos de eso, miraban la situación cara a cara, analizaban las probabilidades favorables y contrarias, se preparaban a todo evento y se erguían con firmeza ante el porvenir. Si la adversidad venía de cara, encontraría en ellos hombres preparados para combatirla.