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“I was sometimes brought to a standstill, and at times almost despaired of making further progress... I knew no one of whom I could ask a question or receive any kind of instruction, and the subject was therefore at times very painful.”
“I can imagine nothing except being a footman or common soldier as more degrading than being either a barber or a tailor.”
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