I found him absorbed in the study of the sublimest sciences.

Nothing was above his reach.

He digested everything with a prodigious rapidity.

How cordially did he thank me for having procured him this food for his mind, which was tormented by a thirst after knowledge, without his being aware of it! What a treasure of light and virtue I found in the vigorous mind of this young man! I felt he was the friend I wanted.

We soon became intimate.