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His father was not rich , but his mother received as her marriage portion ten thousand acres of land . He then for the first time understood all the injustice of private ownership of land , and being one of those to whom any sacrifice in the name of moral duty was a lofty spiritual enjoyment , he forthwith divided the land he had inherited from his father among the peasants . On this subject he was then composing a disquisition . His life on the estate of his aunts was ordered in the following way : He rose very early , some times at three o'clock , and till sunrise bathed in the river under a hill , often in the morning mist , and returned when the dew was yet on the grass and flowers . Some mornings he would , after partaking of coffee , sit down to write his composition , or read references bearing on the subject . But , above all , he loved to ramble in the woods . Before dinner he would lie down in the woods and sleep ; then , at dinner , he made merry , jesting with his aunts ; then went out riding or rowing .