Thanks to his mothers efforts in this as well as in other subjects, he was better prepared than most children in similar circumstances, but nevertheless he was to start his schooling alongside children many years younger than himself with many years of study separating him from his contemporaries
शाळेत असताना ते त्यांच्या वर्गातील इतर मुलांपेक्षा किरकोळ शरीरयष्टीचे होते परंतु वयाबरोबर बनत गेलेला त्यांचा मजबूत बांधा आणि कष्ट झेलण्याची क्षमता त्यांना पुढे उपयोगी पडली.