Q. In which year of your life and on which date did you begin to learn, and for how many hours a day?—A. 1808, in my eighth year, with four; after 1810, with ten hours a day.
Q. Was your health in your youth delicate or robust?—A. Tough nature.
Q. Did you grow up in the country or in town?—A. Up to my tenth year in the country.
Q. How many hours did you spend in the open air? Regularly?—A. Irregularly, and but few hours.
Q. Did you cultivate hardening games and other exercises?—A. Not methodically.
Q. How many hours did you sleep in childhood?—A. Ten hours.
Q. Special remarks?—A. Joyless youth, scanty nourishment, absence from the paternal home.
Q. Where did you complete your studies—in town or in the country?—A. In town.
Q. How many hours a day do you devote to mental work?—A. Very different.
Q. Do you attribute to any particular habit of your life a favorable influence upon your health?—A. Moderation in all habits of life. In all weathers exercise in the open air. No day altogether at home.