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Foreign Language
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The foreign books meant much to me. I didn't always understand them, but I valued them regardless, even the simple words in English primers or the technical works beyond my grasp. They were my journeys and my window. I had no other way of looking beyond my small world.
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― The Sunset Emperor
― The Sunset Emperor
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I spent the nine days' voyage partly sketching my Turkish fellow passengers, and partly trying to learn Turkish, and after a time I was able to say, "I would like a shoe-horn," and "See how badly you have ironed my coat, you must do it again." Father Chantry-Pigg said this phrase book was little use, as it had no sentences about the Church being better than Islam...
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― The Towers of Trebizond
― The Towers of Trebizond
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