Splendid is your undertaking, young son! What do you intend to do, now that you are growing up, young son? To be of use to my fellow countrymen, through the knowledge I acquire, my countryman! Excellent is your undertaking, young son! And who are your countrymen, young son? My parents are Slovak, and so my countrymen are also Slovak — it is to their benefit that I am preparing myself, my countryman! True are your words, young son. What do you intend to do, now that you are growing up, young son? By all the means in my power to become of use to my motherland through the knowledge I acquire, and by my labour, my countryman! And of which motherland do you speak, young son? I was born and raised in Hungary, and I am protected by her laws. Thus, my motherland is Hungary, and for her I

