28 BROTHER WILLIAM. 



and Charles, likewise attended the Liibeek School, where 

 they boarded with a younger brother of my mother, 

 Ferdinand Deichmann, merchant. 



That William' was fo be a business -man didn't at 

 all please me. At that time I shared the aversion 

 of Prussian officers to the mercantile class, and also 

 William's somewhat reserved but intelligent nature 

 and his clear understanding particularly attracted me. 

 I accordingly begged my parents to let him accompany 

 me to my future garrison -town Magdeburg, that he 

 might attend the highly esteemed school of Trade and 

 Commerce of that place. The parents consented, and 

 so we took him with us to Magdeburg, where I installed 

 him in a small boarding-house, having myself according 

 to the regulations to reside the first year in barracks. 



At the expiration of this year, which I had to 

 devote entirely to the strict military service, friend 

 Meyer and I took up our quarters in the town, and 

 I brought William, now sixteen years of age, to reside 

 with me. I had a parternal delight in watching his 

 rapid development, and helped him with his school tasks 

 in my leisure hours. I also induced him to give up 

 the unsatisfactory lessons in Mathematics at the school 

 and to learn English instead. This turned out very 

 important for his future career. I myself gave him 

 mathematical instruction every morning from 5 to 7. 

 and was rewarded by the particularly good exami- 

 nation he afterwards passed in that subject. To my- 

 self this tuition was of great utility, and it also made 

 it easier for me to resist the temptations of an officer's 



