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When it came to the eyesight test he managed to pass, as Wallis later recalled, " I did the first line with my good eye then they covered it up and asked me to read the bottom line with my bad eye, without them realising I just turned my head slightly so I could again see with my good eye – I passed it with Above Average Eye Sight!
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