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David Brenner came from a poverty family．When he finished his school, he was given a wonderful present．“Some of my friends got new clothes and a few rich boys even got new cars．” He remembered, “My father reached into his trousers pocked and took something out, I held out my hand, and he let my present drop into it－a nickel!”
“Dad said to me, ‘Buy a newspaper with that．Read every word of it．Then turn to the classified section and get yourself a job．Get into the world．It’s all yours now!”
“I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the Army, sitting in a foxhole, and thinking about my family and my life．It was then that I came to know that my friends had got only new cars, or only new clothes．My father has given me the whole world．What a great present!”
注：nickel五分硬币；foxhole战壕
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