“I learnt by my eyes, picking out words as I picked out cats from dogs, and trees from lamp-posts.”

Describing a visual, comparative method of early reading that later aided language learning · Autobiography of an Irreconcilable (memoirs)

• Education
• Learning
• Reading

“I know I am clever, but I was born so.”

Disclaiming credit for natural facility while rejecting praise that shames others · Autobiography of an Irreconcilable (memoirs)

• Humility
• Learning
• Talent