My stepmother walked over to me, __4__ my head

　　slightly upward，and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied，“You are __5__.This is

　　not the worst boy at all，__6__ the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”

　　That statement began a(n) __7__ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my __8__ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

　　She changed many things. She __9__ 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 __10__

　　and my brothers and I could be better __11__.

　　When I turned fourteen，she bought me a secondhand __12__ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm，I __13__ it，and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her __14__ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of __15__ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work later. I wasn't the __16__ beneficiary(受益者). My father became the __17__ man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician，a dentist，a lawyer，and a college president.

　　What power __18__ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is __19__ strengthened by faith，it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force

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