E hia ngā wā 60 meneti te roa rawa i pūrongotia i noho mataara ai a Tesla? I runga i te pātai o mua, tuhia he horopaki kei roto te whakautu. Ka taea te 1 - 20 rerenga kōrero. Te horopaki:
I tana tau tuarua o te ako i Graz, i whakawhanakehia e Tesla he ngakau nui mo (a ka tino mohio ki) te piriata, te kaitakaro me te kaari, i etahi wa ka neke atu i te 48 haora i te roa i te teepu petipeti.:43, 301 I tetahi wa i tana taiwhanga, i mahi a Tesla mo te waa 84 haora kaore he moe, he okiokinga ranei.:208 Ko Kenneth Swezey, he kairipoata i whakahoahoahia e Tesla, i whakapumautia e Tesla he iti noa te moe. I mahara a Swezey i tetahi ata i te wa i karanga ai a Tesla ki a ia i te 3 o te ata: "I moe ahau i roto i taku ruma ano he tupapaku... I te ohorere, ka whakaarahia au e te tangi o te waea... [Tesla] i korero kaha, me nga wawata, [i a ia]... e mahi ana i tetahi raru, e whakataurite ana i tetahi ariā ki tetahi atu, e korero ana; a, i tana kitenga kua tae ia ki te otinga, ka mutu tana waea".