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BartłomiejBeniowski,1800-1867
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plentyaboutlifestyle,andStanisławMorawski,wholodgedinthePiarist
monstery,saysofoneuniversityofficial:fiWhenheroaredatus,everyone)sfleas
perishedonthespot!”
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Moreover,themonasteries)sewagearrangementswere
notsuperiortothosepractisedatthetimeelsewhereinthecity,orindeedinthe
restofEurope.InDecember1821aTreasurystudentnamedSamuelHickman
whowaslodgedinthePiaristmonasteryinDominikańskastreet,notfarfrom
Beniowski)scloisteredcell,andficonvalescingafteracatarrhalfever,”fell
fromthesecondfloortohisdeathwhenfihewantedtothrowoutofthewindow
thecontentsofhischamberpot.”
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Frankgavehimfiafinefuneral”and
accompaniedthecortègetothecemetery,whereHickman)sstudentcolleagues
pronouncedorations.ThereisperhapsasuggestionthatHickmancommitted
suicide,butthisdoesnotalterthefactthatchamberpotswereroutinelyemptied
outofthemonasterywindowsintothecourtyardbelow.Moreover,Frankin
discussingthisincidentanditsconsequences(forHickman)smotherlodged
acomplaint)remindsusthathowevermodesttheresourcesoftheTreasury
studentsandtheirlodgings,theyallmeritedtheservicesofaservingboy,and
thiswouldhaveheldtrueforBeniowski.fiInordertohavethechamberpot
emptied,”saysFrank,Hickmanficouldhavewokenhiscolleaguewhowas
sleepinginthesamecellandaskedhimtocalltheboywhoservedthem.”
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TheservingboywouldalsohaveattendedinrudimentaryfashiontoBeniowski)s
clothesandlinen.StanisławMorawskiassertsthatin1818-1819,throughoutthe
studentcommunity,fisomeonewhodidnotcombhishairorwashhimself,
someonewhowasraggedandshabby,oratleastlookedraggedandshabby,had
thereputationofbeingagoodstudent.”
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Butratherthanfollowingthis
bohemianfashion,itismorelikelythatBeniowskiadoptedFrank)sexacting
standards,probablywearingastudentuniformofwhichhetookgoodcareand
combinghishaircarefully.Ontheotherhand,thereisacertaindistraitnotein
Beniowski)sowndescriptionofhisappearanceduringhisfirstyearat
theUniversity:
Ihadafulldozenofcopybooksundermyarm,averyoldcataloguewithmanylooseleaves;
towhich...youmayaddanumbrellainmylefthand,apeninmyright,anink-bottle
danglingfrommywaistcoatbutton.
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.231.
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JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.III,p.238;StanisławTrzebiński,Zaryshistorii,
op.cit.,pp.15-16.RektorMalewski)soriginalreporttoCzartoryskibasedonFrank)sstatement,
saysthatHickmanhadbeensufferingfromafirheumatic-gastricfever”:seeLVIAF720,Ap.1,
B14,p.3,2.I.1822.
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JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.III,p.260.
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.205.ThisisconfirmedbywhatAleksander
Kozieradzki(Wspomnienia,op.cit.,p.204)tellsusabouttheeccentricitiesofthebrightstudentsat
Krzemieniec.
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BartłomiejBeniowski,AHandbookofPhrenotypics,pp.31-32.
