Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: He lived in Madrid from 1871 to 1878 , where he began his career as a journalist ( adopting the pen-name `` ClarÃ n '' in 1875 ) and he graduated with the thesis El Derecho y la Moralidad ( Law and Morality ) in 1878 .
Simplified: He lived in Madrid from 1871 to 1878 , where he began his career as a journalist and he graduated with the thesis El Derecho y la Moralidad ( Law and Morality ) .