But in the majority of cases, a boy will be found to give unmistakeable indications of the branch of mechanical employment upon which his mind is most ..... and for which his hands will be consequently most fit

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But in the majority of cases, a boy will be found to give unmistakeable indications of the branch of mechanical employment upon which his mind is most ..... and for which his hands will be consequently most fit. (*) bent (*) directed (*) focussed (*) sure

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  • But in the majority of cases, a boy will be found to give unmistakeable indications of the branch of mechanical employment upon which his mind is most focused and for which his hands will be consequently
  • focused is spelled with one ‘s’.
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@Torsten ‘To set/put your mind to something’ isn’t that more or less the same as ‘to focus’ on something. I have to ask, although I think ‘to focus’ is to concentrate more intensively.

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