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Analysis Of One Never Learn By Josephine Magn
“One never learns by success.” Josephine Preston Peabody said this quote. Josephine Peabody was an American Poet and dramatist. Josephine Peabody was one of the many famous poets of her time. Peabody had many famous poems such as: New Poems, In the Silence and many more. Although she was a famous poet some did not understand some things she wrote or said.
Such as this quote many do not understand it. Most people think that one would learn by their success. One does not think that they will. learn by their success. This quote is quite confusing to most, including one of the eleventh grade English teachers Mr. Roll. There are a couple of different ways one might look at this quote.
“One never learns by success.” One might think that Josephine

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