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weep. 1 thought my heart would break, I felt I had no help.
I had an earnest desire to obtain an education, which I thought then was impossible. 1 barely knew how to spell in two syllables; I made up my mind that I would, learn at home, after hard work all day 1 would set up until late hours of the night trying to learn. My mother took all the
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