From this moment I began to conclude in my mind that it was possible for me to be more happy in this forsaken, solitary condition than it was probable I should ever have been in any other particular state in the world; and with this thought I was going to give thanks to God for bringing me to this place.
Da quel momento io cominciai a concepire col mio pensiere, che forse era più felice in questa solitaria derelitta posizione, di quanto sarei forse stato mai in ogni altra relazione con la società; e fermo in tale pensiero io volea ringraziare il Signore per avermi condotto in quest’isola.