that as for himself, being not of an enterprising spirit, he was content to go on in the old forms, to live in the houses his ancestors had built, and act as they did, in every part of life, without innovation:
Berari zegokionez, enpresari-izpiriturik ez zuenez, pozik zegoela antzinako bideetatik jarraitzeaz, arbasoek eraikitako etxeetan bizitzeaz eta, berrikuntzarik gabe, bizitzako arlo guztietan haiek bezala jokatzeaz.