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gave up in disgust and never tried
Writing was a branch of study which Abe thought altogether beyond his power; many times he endeavoured to learn the mysterious art, but after struggling on as far as the stage of pothooks and crooks, he gave up in disgust, and never tried again.
— from Little Abe, or, the Bishop of Berry Brow Being the Life of Abraham Lockwood by F. Jewell


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