Word: needn
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...CLEVER.It's not such a very hard thing, you know, to be clever. Not that I mean to say that every one can be. I only mean that you needn't be a genius, or even unusually bright. You must have the average amount of ability, plenty of confidence, and, above all, you must keep trying. If you keep trying all the time you are sure to hit on something that will pass for a witticism, and when you have once got off a good thing you can afford to be silly or stupid for a month - or until...