 He also spoke out for abolishment of personal serfdom, which was against the spirit of the times, no less than for the abolishment of the duties associated with it.In his point of view, Rotteck stood alone in the first chamber, and for this reason he earnestly wished to get a place in the second chamber.This wish was not quickly granted, though it is true that his colleagues decided to no longer send him to the first chamber, and in his stead sent a conservative professor of medicine.