I had great Reason to consider it as a Determination of Heaven, that in this desolate Place, and in this desolate Manner I should end my life; the Tears would run plentifully down my Face when I made these Reflections, and sometimes I would expostulate with myself, Why Providence should thus compleately ruine its Creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable, so without Help abandon'd, so entirely depress'd, that it could be hardly rational to be thankful for such a Life.
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Daniel Defoe was English writer, merchant and spy. Daniel Defoe was an English writer, merchant and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, was published in 1719. Read more on Wikipedia →