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-he  had  a  talent  for  writing  fiction since  he  was  a  small boy,  inspired  by  other  famour  writers  he  also  gave  himself  a  pen name  , it  is  another  thing  that  his  pen name  was  burried  for  ever  in his  text books,  the  ordinary  worl  would  not  have  accepted  his  writings  nor  he  ever  thought  of  introducing  himself to  the  common world  simply  the  notion never  occurred to  him to  launch himself  as  a  writer 
-so  when his  father  asked  him to  apply  for  commission  after  completing  his  schooling  his  answer  was  surprising  to  him as  well
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-they  both  were  sitting  in the  study, father  was holding  a  copy  of  leo  tolstoy's  famous  war  and  peace  on which  he  had  placed  a  paper  and  jotting  something  on it and  speaking  simultaneously  to  him and  when he  asked  him to  apply  for  the  entrance  test  he  had  simply  replied  he  did  not  want  to  join the  military