His family even said he was lazy, for all his "reading, scribbling, writing, ciphering, writing Poetry, etc.".
hɪz fˈæmɪli ˈiːvən sˈɛd hiː wʌz lˈeɪzi, fɔːɹ ˈɔːl hˈɪz "ɹˈiːdɪŋ, skɹˈɪblɪŋ, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ, sˈaɪfɚɹɪŋ, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ pˈoʊɪtɹi, ɛtsˈɛtɹə.".