From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
Ich hatte schon sehr früh die Ansicht aufgegeben, dass es die Pflicht eines jeden Mannes war, alles in seiner Macht Stehende zu tun, um sein Land so gut zu verlassen, wie er es gefunden hatte.
