I do not remember that I had, in all that time, one thought that so much as tended either to looking upwards towards God, or inwards towards a reflection upon my own ways; but a certain stupidity of soul, without desire of good, or conscience of evil, had entirely overwhelmed me; and I was all that the most hardened, unthinking, wicked creature among our common sailors can be supposed to be; not having the least sense, either of the fear of God in danger, or of thankfulness to God in deliverance.
Sans désir du bien, sans conscience du mal, j'étais plongé dans une sorte de stupidité d'âme. Je valais tout au juste ce qu'on pourrait supposer valoir le plus endurci, le plus insouciant, le plus impie d'entre touts nos marins, n'ayant pas le moindre sentiment, ni de crainte de Dieu dans les dangers, ni de gratitude après la délivrance.