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Forced to earn his living, Proudhon could not continue his studies. He entered a printing office in Besancon as a proof reader. Becoming, soon after, a compositor, he made a tour of France in this capacity. FORCED TO EARN HIS LIVING PRUDENT COULD NOT CONTINUE HIS STUDIES HE ENTERED A PRINTING OFFICE IN BOSON AS A PROOF READER BECOMING SOON AFTER A COMPOSITOR HE MADE A TOUR OF FRANCE IN THIS CAPACITY
 told us that he was obliged to leave his wooden shoes outside the door, that he might not disturb the classes with his noise; and that, having no hat, he went to school bareheaded. One day, towards the close of his studies, on returning from the distribution of the prizes, loaded with crowns, he found nothing to eat in the house. "In his eagerness for labor and his thirst for knowledge, Proudhon," says Sainte Beuve, "was not content with the instruction of his teachers. From his twelfth to his fourteenth year, he was a constant frequenter of the town library. One curiosity led to another, and he called for book after book, sometimes eight or ten at one sitting. The learned librarian, the friend and almost the brother of Charles Nodier, M. Weiss, approached him one day, and said, smiling, 'But, my little friend, what do you wish to do with all these books?' The child raised his head, eyed his questioner, and replied: 'What's that to you?' And the good M. Weiss remembers it to this day.  OF HIS LESSONS HE HAS HIMSELF TOLD US THAT HE WAS OBLIGED TO LEAVE HIS WOODEN SHOES OUTSIDE THE DOOR THAT HE MIGHT NOT DISTURB THE CLASSES WITH HIS NOISE AND THAT HAVING NO HAT HE WENT TO SCHOOL BAREHEADED ONE DAY TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF HIS STUDIES ON RETURNING FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRIZES LOADED WITH CROWNS HE FOUND NOTHING TO EAT IN THE HOUSE IN HIS EAGERNESS FOR LABOR AND HIS THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE PRUDENCE SAYS SAINT BOEUF WAS NOT CONTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTION OF HIS TEACHERS FROM HIS TWELFTH TO HIS FOURTEENTH YEAR HE WAS A CONSTANT FREQUENTER OF THE TOWN LIBRARY ONE CURIOSITY LED TO ANOTHER AND HE CALLED FOR BOOK AFTER BOOK SOMETIMES EIGHT OR TEN AT ONE SITTING THE LEARNED LIBRARIAN THE FRIEND AND ALMOST THE BROTHER OF CHARLE NODIER MONSIEUR WEISS APPROACHED HIM ONE DAY AND SAID SMILING BUT MY LITTLE FRIEND WHAT DO YOU WISH TO DO WITH ALL THESE BOOKS THE CHILD RAISED ITS HEAD EYED HIS QUESTIONER AND REPLIED WHAT'S THAT TO YOU AND THE GOOD MONSIEUR WEISS REMEMBERS IT TO THIS DAY
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