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At first, students tend to freeze at the first effort. The breakthrough comes when they realize that they can make it better - can identify what their purposes were and realize better ways to achieve those purposes.
M. H. Abrams
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M. H. Abrams
Age: 102 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 23
Died: 2015
Died: April 21
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New Jersey
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