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"<p>I've noticed that it's hard to even light a fire. To light a fire in an tiled stove with ignition kindling, newspaper and dry wood shavings, which will keep alight in the cold stove, requires skill and practice. You think it's some simple and menial task that every dirty servant can do. But try it, you, with your wise and practised hands, and you will see what a difficult and delicate task it is, and how much experience and skill it requires! I can't light a tiled stove, no matter how hard I try. And how many things I can't do: for instance, play the piano, only as well and as well as a sad music clerk in a nightclub; and yet how openly and proudly I dare to talk about music! And I cannot drive a locomotive. And I cannot repair a detached button. But all this little knowledge makes up the world. Learn to respect every human movement and dexterity.</p>"
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