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He [Mencken] was an autodidact, with all the misplaced confidence and all the astonishing gaps that characterize that breed. Not many of… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
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I studied history and English in college, got a master's in writing, but I was always sort of an autodidact in science. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
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