He had wanted to become a successful farmer, then his vision had gone on to the teaching profession; but beyond that he had not ventured.

He was already well on the way to make a success of his farms.

He liked the work.

He could with pleasure be a farmer all his life.

But should a man's business be all of life?
Dorian realized, not of course in its fuller meaning, that the accumulating of worldly riches was only a means to the accomplishing of other and greater ends of life; and here was before him something worthy of any man's best endeavors.