I knew the city. The uses and traditions. Both, by day and by night. In the sunlight, or in the shadows. A result of a few months of much study, and of some wandering around.
But there was an urge to consider the present situation, as well as to delve into the near future. I really needed to find a way to increase my revenue, which is becoming increasingly tight, if I am to maintain this living standard.
A part of those gains would naturally be used to acquire even more books. It is not enough for me to just touch their covers, or flip through their pages. I need to have them with me, to be able to carry the knowledge and imagination, to increase the number of my travel companions.
Another part would be necessary to prepare the next trip, now that my stay in Paris was approaching the end.
Fortunately, it was not difficult, to someone of my condition and with my knowledge, to find students in need of private lessons.
One must also consider the fact that many teachers have an auxiliary income such as lawyers, preachers, school presidents, university or college council members, librarians, private teachers, etc. (*).
And this is how my days became longer, divided between the hours at the university, the private lessons and scarce spare time. As compensation, I will have some more volumes to carry. And also a somewhat fuller purse.
On a journey, riding with Newton, a game of Nestore Mangone and Simone Luciani, Ediciones Mas que Oca (2018) under license of Cranio Creations.
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(*) Uma História da Universidade na Europa [A History of the University in Europe], Vol. II – As Universidades na Europa Moderna (1500-1800), Coordenação de Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda (2002).
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