I wish sincerely, for it would have saved me much trouble, there had been some one to put me in a good heart about life when I was younger; to tell me how dangers are most portentous on a distant sight; and how the good in a man’s spirit will not suffer itself to be overlaid, and rarely or never deserts him in the hour of need.

我真希望年轻时有人能让我对生活多些信心，那会省去许多烦恼：告诉我，危险从远处看最为骇人；而人心中的善不会甘于被掩埋，在危急时刻也极少、甚至从不离弃他。