That statement began a（n）

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　　between us．No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my

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　　as a bad boy．My stepmother changed all that．

　　She changed many things．She

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　　my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors．She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more

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　　and my brother and I could be better

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　　．

　　When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand

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　　and told me that she believed that I could become a writer．I knew her enthusiasm, I

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　　it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives．I accepted her

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　　and began to write for local newspapers．I was doing the same kind of

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　　that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later．I wasn’t the

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　　beneficiary （受益者）．My father became the

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　　man in town．My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president．

　　What power

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