<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika kipindi cha awali, mwanafalsafa huyu wa adventurous kwa muda mfupi kuathiriwa uso laini stubble, na bado mapema robo-inchi-urefu haircut kisha nadra hata katika kingo, isipokuwa katika shule ya kijeshi.  <response>: At an earlier period, this same adventurous philosopher briefly affected the softly stubbled face, and still earlier the quarter-inch-long haircut then uncommon even at the margins, except in military school. 