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The early life of Samuel Johnson was marked by great intelligence and an eagerness for learning |
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Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, the sickly infant who grew up to become "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" soon began to exhibit the tics that would colour how others viewed him in his later years |
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His early life was dominated by his familys financial strain and his abortive efforts to establish himself as a school teacher |
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