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Another person's enthusiasm(热情)was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved．That person was my stepmother．
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia．My father 1 me to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is distinguished(known)for being the 2 boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 3 than tomorrow morning．”
My stepmother walked over to me, raised my 4 slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye．Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 5 ．This is not the worst boy at all, 6 the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm．”
That statement began a(n) 7 between us．No one had ever called me smart．My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind 8 a bad boy．My stepmother changed all that．
She 9 many things．She persuaded(说服)my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors．She moved our family into the county center, where my father's career(事业)could be more 10 and my brother and I could be better educated．
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter(打字机)and told me that she believed that I could become a 11 ．I knew her enthusiasm, I appreciated it had already improved our lives．I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers．I was doing the same kind of 12 that great day when I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work later．I wasn't the 13 beneficiary(受益者)．My father became the 14 man in town．My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president．
What power 15 has! When that power is released(let out)to support one's mind and is constantly strengthened by faith(belief), it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force(power)．
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it．This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm．
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