The Freedomseeker, page 42, Chapter Four

   IT WAS A GREY DAWN when he arrived in the university town, and by evening he was able to lie down for a good night's rest in his new room — a small cheap attic in the house of quiet people, with a wide view over the meadows and fields of the river valley.
   He had chosen this university because he had heard that it was cheap and suited to students of small means and that it was situated on the banks of a fast-flowing river in the Central German Hills. It was also well known for its liberal philosophy.
   He had no reason to regret his choice. He soon found that it was indeed impossible to live more cheaply anywhere else.
   That which attracted others and was offered to them as, so to speak, compensation for their repressed youth — one or two years of unrestricted self-indulgence to a background of clinking glasses and rattling sabres — such activities were beyond his means, although he would not have joined in had he been able to.
   He registered for a course of study and also for one or two other subjects, because they cost no extra, made his first acquaintanceships and his first explorations of the district — and went to work. The daily struggle had begun.

   NOW HE WAS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON HIS OWN EFFORTS.
   He settled down industriously to his new work and adhered strictly to the advice which had earned him his first money. At first it was very hard going;