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 street. We fought; and I had the good fortune to wound him in the hand and arm.

This affair was much talked off; and Dr Kdewski, our professor, making a complaint to university, I was sentenced to three hours confinement; but M. Warschaw, my grandfather,  with my spirit, took me out of the house,  placed me as a boarder with Professor Christian. There, for the first time, I began to enjoy my liberty.

Three days after, a professed bully forced m a manner to fight. I wounded him in the hip.

These successes so puffed me up, that I appeared in public with a sword of enormous length, all the appendages of a prize fighter.

I should certainly have become a duellist, if goodness of my heart, and my misfortunes, had  soon after brought me to reason. A fortnight scarcely elapsed from my last quarrel, before I  another with one of my friends, a Lieutenant  the garrison, whom I insulted. We fought, wounded him in two places.

Duelling among the students was not punished at this period. It was looked upon as an to send a challenge.

In November 1712, Baron Lottum, the Adjutant General, a relation of my mother,  sent by his Majesty to Koenigsberg. He dined my grandfather’s, chatted a good deal with  and after having sounded me by a variety of questions, asked me if l should not be tempted to  my country as my ancestors had always, adding, that in the army I should find more convenient opportunities of giving challenges  the university. I accepted this proposal