From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.
Van dit oogenblik af hebben onze rede, ons oordeel, onze vindingrijkheid geene stem meer in den raad en worden wij de speelbal der natuurverschijnselen.