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1.Berdyczów,Wilno,St.Petersburg,1800-1830
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monasteryfrom1815to1821,overlappingwithBeniowskiforayear,tellsus
that,fiThepriestsandmonkspreferredyoungmenwhowerestudentstothe
licentioussoldieryandtheyoungmengotusedtoorder,quietandhardwork.”
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Indeed,notonlyTreasuryscholarshipstudentslivedinthetown)scloisters,but
thosewhowerepayingtheirownwayoftenalsorentedquartersthere,and
additionally,anumberofthemonkswerethemselvesstudentsorteachers,perhaps
makingtheatmospherecomparablewiththatofcontemporaryOxfordand
Cambridgecolleges.
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WhenFryderykHechellivedinthesameDominican
monasteryfrom1815-1818,hereportsthattherewereeightorninestudents
quarteredthere,livingtwotoacell.
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KarolKaczkowskisharedhisbrother)scell,
andclaimsthatin1815therewerefourotherTreasurystudentsinresidence.
OttoŚlizień,whowasimprisonedinacellintheDominicanmonastery
duringthePhilomath/Philaretenquiryintheautumnof1823,givesus
adescriptionofhisaccommodation,whichthereisnoreasontosuppose
differedsubstantiallyfromthatoftheTreasurystudents.Indeed,fromhis
window,Ślizieńcouldseealongrowofotherwindowsonthesamefloor,atthe
endofwhichwerethewindowsofthefistudentsofmedicinehousedthereatthe
expenseoftheTreasury.”Ślizień,whocamefromrelativelycomfortable
circumstances,wastakenaback:
Thechamberwastiny,fiveellsinlengthandfourellswide,withabrickfloor,attheendan
oldsimpletable,besideitastool,andbythewallthesimplestpossibleemptybedstead,on
whichnotonlywastherenostraw,buttherewerenoplanks,onlythreethintransverse
crossbarsmeanttoholdtheplanks.
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Beniowski,itistrue,wouldhavehadtimetoarrangebetterbeddingonhis
bedstead,butevenifhelivedinacellofthissize,heprobablyhadtoshare
it.TheconditionsmaysoundSpartan,butJosephFrankwasfavourably
impressedbythecloisterroomhewasgivenasastudywhenhefirstreached
Wilno:fiItwasextremelyquiet,therewasapleasantwarmthfromtheenormous
greenstove,thelightfromthesimplelampwassoft,everythingwasconducive
towork.”
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PerhapsBeniowskiwaswokeneverymorninglikeMikołajMalinowskiin
1823intheBernardinemonastery,fibytheironrattlethatat4a.m.summoned
theBernardinestothechapel.”
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Theyoungmedicalstudentsmighthavebeen
encouragedbyFrankinhabitsofcleanliness,butmetaphorscannodoubttellus
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KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,vol.1,pp.59-61.
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.194;VUBF2KC77,entryno.232:inthe
Dominicanmonastery,FatherFilipGarbowskiwasstudyingmedicine.
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WładysławSzumowski,fiFryderykHecheloswoichstudiach,”op.cit.,pp.147-148.
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OttoŚlizień,fiZpamiętnika,”op.cit.,p.130.Thecellmeasuredroughly3m.x2.4m.
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JózefFrankPamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.I,p.82.
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MikołajMalinowski,Księgawspomnień,op.cit.,p.38.
