I was agitated wholly by these thoughts; all my calm of mind, in my resignation to Providence, and waiting the issue of the dispositions of Heaven, seemed to be suspended; and I had as it were no power to turn my thoughts to anything but to the project of a voyage to the main, which came upon me with such force, and such an impetuosity of desire, that it was not to be resisted.
Hiába áltattam magamat azzal, hogy Isten jóvoltából elégedett vagyok, mert nem így volt. Minden eddiginél ellenállhatatlanabb erővel tört rám a gondolat, hogy el kell jutnom a kontinensig.