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"It was a reef on which he had run aground as do any who are not trained at an early age for life's hard struggle, who see existence through a rosy cloud, fail to learn the necessary guile and resilience, or have not acquired special skills or particular abilities of the determination or energy to fight: anyone who has not had a weapon or a tool thrust in his hand."