A SIX-YEAR OLD PRODIGY
A marvellous future is prophesied for a young son of a Jewish couple in New York. At the age of 20 months he learned the alphabet, and soon he was reciting it backward. At the age of four he taught himself to read, and he could add four columns of figures at a glance at the time his teacher showed him how to write the figure 2. Now, aged (3J years, he is of average height and weight. He loves games, and he likes arguing with his father, who admits that he is no match for his youngster. He knows the- positions of the chief stars and the names of the constellations. His present ambition is to he an astronomer.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 10
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124A SIX-YEAR OLD PRODIGY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 10
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