translate English to German: If he failed in thwarting the war party, he did so, as Thoreau said, 'by making his failure so tragic by courage, that it did not differ from success. ' He died at sea in May, 1938, aboard the Hikawa Maru while returning from the Cairo International Olympic Conference.
Er war ein trauriger Mann in den dreißiger Jahren, als der Militarismus in Japan Einzug hielt und zog seine Judo-und Olympia-Aufgaben über sich, wie einen Umhang.