When quite young I can remember I had no thought or wish of surpassing others. I was rather taken with a liking of little arts and bits of learning. (William Stanley Jevons)

When quite young I can remember I had no thought or wish of surpassing others. I was rather taken with a liking of little arts and bits of learning.

William Stanley Jevons

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