Word: lillianâ
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...escape Plains by going to Annapolis?one place where a farm lad with little cash could get a free education. Afraid that flat feet might rule him out, he used to stand on Coke bottles and roll back and forth to strengthen his arches. His mother?the formidable Miss Lillian???opened his mind to the world of books and ideas, and a schoolteacher named Julia Coleman saw the promise in the youngster and had him struggling gamely through War and Peace at the age of twelve...
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