their works, judged in the light of my own experience, filled me with somber thoughts; the energy and good intentions of each statesman seemed of slight avail before this flood so fortuitous and so fatal, this torrent of happenings too confused to be foreseen or directed, or even appraised.
haien obrak, neure eskarmentua lagun, ideia ilunez bete ninduen; Estadu-gizon bakoitzaren kemena eta borondate ona ezer gutxi ziren, aldi berean zorizko eta ezinbesteko hainbat gertakari-multzoren, aurrikusiak, zuzenduak edo epaituak izateko nahaspilatsuegi ziruditèn hainbat jazoeraren uholdearen aldean.