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• ‟ During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

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• ‟ Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?

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• ‟ The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

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• ‟ Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.

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• ‟ In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

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• ‟ The mercantile business did not suit me.

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• ‟ Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

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• ‟ To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

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• ‟ I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.

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• ‟ A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner I go to work and drive them off, the better.

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• ‟ Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.

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• ‟ Travelling through the breeding places of our species is far from being as interesting to me as it is to inspect the breeding places of the feathery tribes of our country.

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