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Carl Sandburg

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

Carl Sandburg

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Carl Sandburg avoided studying mathematics mainly because he anticipated it would demand a large time commitment rather than just being difficult. He recognized that succeeding in an area where he lacked natural talent would require many hours of effort.

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