translate English to French: No less painful, and perhaps even more distressing from a human point of view, were the trials which he had to endure as a result, it might be said, of his incomparable charisms.
Les épreuves qu'il dut supporter en conséquence, peut-on dire, de ses charismes particuliers ne furent pas moins douloureuses, elles furent même peut-être encore plus cuisantes humai- nement parlant.