When a man has just vowed eternal brotherhood with the universe, he is not in a temper to take great determinations coolly, and this, which might have been a very important determination for me, had not been taken under a happy star.

一个人刚与宇宙结下永恒的兄弟情谊时，便不容易冷静作出重大决定；而这个对我也许至关重要的决定，偏偏没有吉星照拂。