Such certainly was the case of these men, of whom I could not so much as see room to suppose any were saved; nothing could make it rational so much as to wish or expect that they did not all perish there, except the possibility only of their being taken up by another ship in company; and this was but mere possibility indeed, for I saw not the least sign or appearance of any such thing.
Ez is bizonyította, hogy bármilyen kilátástalannak tűnő sorsot szánt nekünk az isteni gondviselés, mindig van miért hálásnak lennünk, hiszen lehetnek olyanok, akik még nálunk is rosszabbul jártak. Így történhetett ez a zátonyra futott hajó utasaival is.