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2、ctricians,andseveralothercraftsmen.Youcan’texpectanapprenticetohavethesamedexterityasamastercraftsman.Ouradroitpassingenabledustoscorefourtouchdowns.Jackisanambidextroushitter;hecanbatright-handedorleft-handed.LeonardodaVinciwasremarkablyversatile.Hew
3、asapainter,sculptor,architect,musician,engineerandscientist.PovertyByhardwork,manyAmericanshaveraisedthemselvesfromindigencetowealth.Housewivescaneconomizebybuyingtheirmilkingalloncontainers.Theincreaseinduesisonly10cents.Itwillnotimpoverishanymemer.T
4、hesevereearthquakekilledhundredsofpeopleandleftthousandsdestitute.Theoldmanhadnothingtoeatbutbreadandcheese;yetheofferedtosharethisfrugalmealwithhisvisitor.Anallowanceof$200aweekforlunchesandfaresisn’tmuch,butyoucangetbyonitifyouarefrugal.WealthPeople
5、whosufferfromavaricespendmuchlessandsavemuchmorethantheyshould.Withhiswife’sdowry,theyoungattorneywasabletoopenalawoffice.Toownanexpensivehome,ayacht,andalimousine,youhavetobeamanofmeans.DickenscontraststheopulenceofFrance’snobilitywiththeindigenceofh
6、erpeasants.Petercovetedhisneighbor’sfarmbutcouldnotgethertosellit.Ifyourbrotherpaid$400forthatcar,hewasfleeced.themechanicsaysitisworth$150.Tomhadareputationasamiserwhohoardedeverypennyhecouldgethishandson.Thenewwingtothehospitalwasmadepossiblebyagift
7、of$500000fromanaffluentcontributor.Peoplewhokeepspendingmorethantheyearnusuallygetintofinancialdifficulties.Theyoungheirwaswarnedthathewouldsoonhavenothingleftifhecontinuedtobelavishwithmoney.Vera’scompositionisgood,butitdoesn’tdeservethelavishpraiset
8、hatLindagaveit.Torunarestaurantisalucrativebusiness.FearAheroriskshislifetohelpothers;acravenrunsfromthescene.IthoughtCarolwouldbenervouswhenshemadeherspeech,butshedelivereditwithouttrepidation.Bravemendefytyrants,insteadofcoweringbeforethem.T