ɪn pɹˈɪzən hiː spˈɛnt mˈʌtʃ ʌv hɪz tˈaɪm ɪn mˌɛdɪtˈeɪʃən ænd ɪnðə ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ əvə dʒˈɜːnəl wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻkˈaʊnts hɪz tʃˈaɪldhʊd mˈɛmɚɹiz ænd ɛkspˈiəɹɪənsᵻz ʌv tɹˈævəlɪŋ tə jˈʊɹɹəp fɚðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn.
In prison he spent much of his time in meditation and in the writing of a journal which recounts his childhood memories and experiences of traveling to Europe for the first time in 1899.