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Show Bad Handwriting and Genius Often Linked Are gmit writers necessarily afflicted af-flicted with bnd handwriting A French pupei puis the question. Bui there sflems to be no hard and fasi rule. , The writing of "Ictor Hugo, one ot bis publishers said once, "reneiiihled a butilefle.d on a piece of paper." The typesetters who succeeded In decipher Ing Balzac were often desperate, and one Is said to have gone crazy afie hours of vain effort. , - Robert Louis Stevenson was even worse. vo printer ever -xiuld make out what be had written. Stevensou bad to assist in copying what he had put down In the first place. Sydnex liniltb could not decipher his own handwriting after twenty-four hours. , On the other hand certain English writers like Arnold Bennett, Thomas Hardy and H. Q. Wells, write legibly and even elegantly, but It shruld not be forgotten either that none of these three started out on a writing career in youth. Arnold Bennett was des tlned for the bar and served his time In a lawyer's office. Thomas Hardy began au an architect, and H. O. Wells started out in life as a dry goods clerk. |