Their prevailing prosperity cannot last long. A year or two at the utmost is its limit. Then,as sure as fate,will come one of the worst periods of depression that this or any country has even seen.

• 他们普遍的经济繁荣景象不会持久的，最多一二年，这个国家或任何国家所经历过的最严重的经济衰退时期必定要到来。