The disposition of a family property, even though it be one so small as mine, is, to my thinking, a matter which a man should not make in accordance with his own caprices,--or even with his own affections. He owes a duty to those who live on his land, and he owes a duty to his country. 
In handing on a family property - even one so small as mine - a man owes a duty to those who live on his land, and he owes a duty to his country. 