Simon Schama - I was conscious of being wordy as a child. I was a terrible talker. I memorised the L...

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I was conscious of being wordy as a child. I was a terrible talker. I memorised the Latin names of flowers at five; I was shown off as a freak. My father encouraged me to be wordier than I was: he'd been a street orator at the time of Mosley, and his ideal primary concert speech was Henry V's speech before Harfleur.

Simon Schama

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich war mir bewusst, als Kind wortreich zu sein. Ich war ein schrecklicher Redner. Die lateinischen Namen der Blumen habe ich um fünf auswendig gelernt; Ich wurde als Freak vorgeführt. Mein Vater ermutigte mich, wortwörtlicher zu sein als ich: er war zur Zeit Mosleys ein Straßenredner gewesen, und seine ideale primäre Konzertrede war die Rede von Henry V. vor Harfleur.

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