The fourth and chief reason why it was impossible is that war was waged in 1812 under conditions more terrible than ever since the world has existed ; and the russian troops strained every nerve in the pursuit of the french , and could not have done more without perishing themselves 第四，之所以不可能，还有一点是最主要的，从古至今，没有任何一次战争像一八一二年的战争所处的条件那么可怕，俄国军队追击法国人已经用尽了一切力量，以致于再多做一点事情，必将自取灭亡。
This put my mother into a great passion : she told me , she knew it would be to no purpose to speak to my father upon any such subject ; that he knew too well what was my interest to give his consent to any thing so much for my hurt , and that she wondered how i could think of any such thing after such a discourse as i had had with my father , and such kind and tender expressions as she knew my father had us d to me ; and that in short , if i would ruine my self thd we think nothing of such a squal of wind as that ; but you re but a fresh water sailor , bob ; come let us make a bowl of punch and we ll forget all that , d ye see what charming weather tis now 她还说，父亲和我的谈话那样语重心长谆谆善诱，而我竟然还想离家远游，这实在使她难以理解。她说，总而言之，如果我执意自寻绝路，那谁也不会来帮助我。她要我相信，无论是母亲，还是父亲，都不会同意我出洋远航，所以我如果自取灭亡，与她也无关，免得我以后说，当时我父亲是不同意的，但我母亲却同意了。
On the other hand , i argu d with my self , that this really was the way not to deliver my self , but entirely to ruin and destroy my self ; for unless i was sure to kill every one that not only should be on shore at that time , but that should ever come on shore afterwards , if but one of them escap d , to tell their country people what had happen d , they would come over again by thousands to revenge the death of their fellows , and 1 should only bring upon my self a certain destruction , which at present i had no manner of occasion for 另外，我也认识到，这种主动攻击野人的计划不仅不能拯救自己，反而会完全彻底地毁灭自己。因为，除非我有绝对把握杀死当时上岸的每一个人，还能杀死以后上岸的每一个人否则，如果有一个人逃回去，把这儿发生的一切告诉他们的同胞，他们就会有成千上万的人过来报仇，我这岂不是自取灭亡吗？这是我当前绝对不应该做的事。
