 As a student, he was one of the co-founders of the secular humanist "Cercle Universitaire" (1887), he wrote for the "Journal des Etudiants" (1889) and in 1890 he was founder-President of the "Cercle Universitaire de Criminologie".In 1890, he set up practice as a lawyer in Antwerp and specialized himself in international marine law.As the president of the "Conférence du Jeune Barreau" (E