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...series of nannies and governesses assisted his mother in teaching Vladimir to speak and read English (before he could read Russian). Tutors and coaches turned Nabokov into a competent boxer and a skilled tennis player???good enough, in fact, so that later, in straitened exile, he helped pay his way by giving lessons. More or less on his own he became an expert at chess problems and a collector of butterflies...
...years ago, when he was at the pinnacle of his fame? leading the American League in batting, in base-running, voted its most valuable player???he took influenza, developed sinus trouble, underwent an operation. His sight was somewhat affected. His right and left eyes ceased to focus evenly; their beams, which should have been parallel, wellnigh met. Thus he came near to being crossed in his career by his own eyes. His batting average of .420 in 1922 sank to .305 in 1924. Now he sees perfectly again, he says. Will he, fans wonder, regain his former prowess? Sisler...
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