For the family to live as their grandfathers and fathers had been accustomed to live, that is at the same educational level, and so to bring up their children, was undoubtedly necessary. It was just as necessary as to dine when hungry; and therefore just as it was necessary to prepare dinner, so it was necessary to arrange the husbandry at Pokrovsk in such a way as to derive an income from it.
Che la famiglia vivesse come erano abituati a vivere i padri e i nonni, cioè nelle stesse condizioni di cultura, e che nelle stesse condizioni venissero educati i figli, era indubbiamente necessario così come si pranza quando si ha voglia di mangiare; e così come preparare il pranzo, era altrettanto necessario condurre la macchina economica a Pokrovskoe in modo che rendesse.