Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole country-side should, within his own lifetime, profit by his good fortune, and many will have personal reasons for bewailing his untimely end.
Comme il n’avait pas d’enfants, son désir maintes fois exprimé était que toute la région pût de son vivant profiter de sa chance ; beaucoup auront des motifs personnels pour pleurer sa fin prématurée.