He imagined that to live as a human being was possible only in foreign countries, where he went to stay at every opportunity; yet he carried on very complicated and perfected agricultural pursuits in Russia and carefully followed and knew what was being done there.
Riteneva che una vita degna di un uomo si potesse condurla soltanto all’estero, dove andava non appena se ne presentasse l’occasione, e intanto in Russia conduceva con vivissimo interesse un’azienda molto vasta e perfezionata, e seguiva e conosceva tutto quello che avveniva in Russia.