He later wrote that the school's policy of strict rote learning was harmful to creativity. At the end of December 1894, a letter from a doctor persuaded the Luitpold's authorities to release him from its care, and he joined his family in Pavia. While in Italy as a teenager, he wrote an essay entitled "On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field".
He later argued that the school's method of memorization without understanding was detrimental to creativity. By the end of December 1894, a doctor's letter prompted Luitpold's authorities to allow him to leave, and he joined his family in Pavia. As a teenager in Italy, he wrote an essay on "The State of Ether in a Magnetic Field".