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There is clear evidence that Lucy from childhood had an unusual mind.

She possessed an observant eye, a retentive memory, and a critical faculty.

When she was nine years old, she wrote a description of a store she had visited.

She named 48 items, and said there were `` many more things which it would take too long to write ''.

An essay on `` Freedom '' written at 10 years of age quoted the Declaration of Independence, the freedom given to slaves in Canada, and the views of George Washington.