As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and leave the happy view I had of being a rich and thriving man in my new plantation, only to pursue a rash and immoderate desire of rising faster than the nature of the thing admitted; and thus I cast myself down again into the deepest gulf of human misery that ever man fell into, or perhaps could be consistent with life and a state of health in the world.
Fel kellett adnom azt a békés jövőképet, hogy új ültetvényemen leszek gazdaggá és sikeressé, mert gyorsabban akartam meggazdagodni, mint azt a dolgok rendje megengedte. Belevetettem hát magam újra a szenvedések ember által megismerhető, legmélyebb bugyrába.