It was a need that he first ____1____ back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg.To get an ____2____，he was struggling against many difficulties.His family was poor.His Dad couldn't afford the ____3____ at college，so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes.Study had to be done ____4____ his farm­work routines. He withdrew from many school activities ____5____ he didn't have the time or the____6____．He had only one good suit. He tried ____7____ the football team____8____．During this period Dale was slowly ____9____ an inferiority complex(自卑感)____10____ him from achieving his real potential.She ____11____ that Dale join the debating team，believing that ____12____ in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.

　　Dale took his mother's advice, tried desperately and after several attempts ____13____ made it.This proved to be a __14__ point in his life.Speaking before groups did help him gain the ____15____ he needed.By the time Dale was a senior，he had won every top honor in ____16____．Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they____17____，were winning contests.

　　Out of this early struggle to ____18____ his feelings of inferiority，Dale came to understand that the ability to ____19____ an idea to an audience builds a person's confidence.And，____20____ it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.

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