One can bear pain and sorrow better if one thinks it has been prophesied long before for one: somehow, then it seems as if my pain was needed for the fulfilment; otherways it seems all sent for nothing'.

如果一个人认为很久以前就有人预言了这一点，那么他就可以更好地忍受痛苦和悲伤：不知何故，似乎需要我的痛苦才能实现；否则它似乎都是白送的'。