Робінзон Крузо
First Weeks on the Island
Good:ButIamsingledout,too,fromalltheship’screwtobesparedfromdeath;andHethatmiraculouslysavedmefromdeath,candelivermefromthiscondition.
Evil:Iamdividedfrommankind,asolitaire,onebanishedfromhumansociety.
Good:ButIamnotstarvedandperishingonabarrenplace,affordingnosustenance.
Evil:Ihavenotclothestocoverme.
Good:ButIaminahotclimate,whereifIhadclothesIcouldhardlywearthem.
Evil:Iamwithoutanydefenceormeanstoresistanyviolenceofmanorbeast.
Good:ButIamcastonanisland,whereIseenowildbeaststohurtme,asIsawonthecoastofAfrica;andwhatifIhadbeenshipwreckedthere?
Evil:Ihavenosoultospeakto,orrelieveme.
Good:ButGodwonderfullysenttheshipinnearenoughtotheshore,thatIhavegottenoutsomanynecessarythingsaswilleithersupplymywants,orenablemetosupplymyselfevenaslongasIlive.
Uponthewhole,herewasanundoubtedtestimony,thattherewasscarceanyconditionintheworldsomiserablebuttherewassomethingnegativeorsomethingpositivetobethankfulforinit;