Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold   26   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had   27  schooling, for being so poor, how could they  28   school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked   29  a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt   30  for himself. How he   31   to have the same chance! He decided to study by  32   .In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   33  stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he had  34  during the day. He worked  35   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned the greater 36 he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and  37  him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the  38  one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he   39  a regular student of the school.
Robeson   40  rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which captured the  41  of some university professors. They admired his talent   42   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   43  him free guidance. Robeson felt  44  ,for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   45   success.

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