Note: Did not get along with his father, whom he described as "an old Prussian." Ran away from home at age 11, went to Hamburg and attempted to get employment on a ship. He was rejected and sent home. At age 16, he repeated his efforts, and was rewarded. He worked for several years as a sailor in the Baltic and North Seas.
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