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.
Joven y guapo, permanecía serio, triste, devorado por la sed de aprender y por un resentimiento implacable que ocupaba su corazón.