Possibilidades do filho
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Eu via o meu filho médico, advogado, negociante, meti -o em várias universidades e bancos, e até aceitei a hipótese de ser poeta. A possibilidade de político foi consultada, e cri que me saísse orador, e grande orador.
I saw my son as a doctor, lawyer, businessman; I put him in several universities and banks, and even accepted the hypothesis of his being a poet. The possibility of his being a politician was consulted, and I believed he would turn out an orator, and a great orator.
The narrator reflects on the various careers he envisioned for his son.
The narrator enumerates the various professions he imagined for his son, including doctor, lawyer, businessman, and even poet. He also considered the possibility of his son becoming a politician, and believed he would become a great orator.
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