Though young and possessed of every personal advantage, he was ever grave--somber even--devoured by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and cherishing in the recesses of his heart the hope that he might become a great and powerful ruler of a free and enlightened people.
Jeune et beau, il demeura sérieux, sombre, dévoré de la soif d'apprendre, ayant un implacable ressentiment rivé au coeur.