1. • I wrote up my notes deep into the night, furrowing pages with black underlinings and Asterisks

2. In such moments of baffled inquiry, he would leave his books, perform the requisite ablutions, then go to the mosque , and continue in prayer till light broke on his difficulties. Deep into the night he would continue his studies, stimulating his senses by occasional cups of goats' milk, and even in his dreams problems would pursue him and work out their solution.