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| Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history?When I was 14, I was a high school_1_with learning disabilities. One day I met an old man, a bum (流浪汉). He asked me if I was running away from home, because I looked so_2_.Then he told me he had something grand to show me and_3_with me.We walked to the downtown Library. The bum first brought a couple of old 4 and then started with a few 5 that were very special and that changed my life.He said, "There are two things I want to 6 you.Number one is to never 7 a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you." He followed with, "I'll 8 you think I'm a bum, don't you?" "Yes, I 9 so, sir." Well, young man, I've got a little 10 for you.I am one of the 11 men in the world.I have probably everything any man could ever want.But a year ago, my wife 12 , and since then I have been deeply 13 on life.I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of 14 was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets.For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that.So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you. "Number two is to learn how to 15 .For there is only one thing that people can't 16 away from you, your wisdom."He 17 my right hand and put it upon the books he'd 18 from the shelves, the writings of Plato and Aristotle's everlasting 19 from ancient times. His 20 request was for me to never forget what he taught me. I haven't. | ||||
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