He was crippled all his life with a deformed spine and this meant that he did not attend school in the usual way but was educated at home to the age of sixteen.
Siya ay salanta ang lahat ng kanyang buhay sa isang deformed tinik at ito sinadya na siya ay hindi pumasok sa paaralan sa karaniwang paraan ngunit ay aral sa bahay sa edad na labing-anim.