This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... had been hung. Like other young men at college, Ercole often found himself short of funds, and, although he was never as extravagant in his expenditure as his brothers, his tutor more than once had recourse to his mother, begging her to send him money by the next courier, since he was reduced to his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... had been hung. Like other young men at college, Ercole often found himself short of funds, and, although he was never as extravagant in his expenditure as his brothers, his tutor more than once had recourse to his mother, begging her to send him money by the next courier, since he was reduced to his last penny! An attack of ague interrupted his studies that winter, and, by his doctor's advice, he only worked in the morning for some time. After carnival he resolved to make up for lost time. He attended lectures on logic, read Cicero's Letters, and composed Latin epistles for M. Lazzaro, often working late into the night. So diligent was the young prince that his master allowed him to pay a flying visit to Mantua at Easter, after which he remained at Bologna until the August vacation, which lasted three months. Isabella had every reason to be satisfied with her son's progress, and, at Pomponazzi's recommendation, Ercole was granted a dispensation from the daily recital of the breviary, in order to have more time 220 DEATH OF POMPONAZZI for his classical studies. He also began to read Arabic with Forno, and engaged an Arab servant to help him acquire the language.1 His teachers all found him a docile and intelligent scholar, and Lazzaro, who afterwards became professor of Greek at Padua, remained all his life on friendly terms with his old pupil. But Pomponazzi inspired him with a still deeper feeling, and the death of the great teacher, on the 18th of May 1525, was a heavy blow to him. The philosopher had long suffered from internal complications, which caused him acute pain at times, and in the end reduced him to a state of complete nervous prostration. In his suffering, he refused to take food, saying it was better to die once for all...
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