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But after passing one part of the exam
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he failed the oral exam,
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but he could have taken it again.
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He claimed that one of his friends threw a stink bomb
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into the room when he was taking the exam.
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And it was said later that he vowed vengeance
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on bourgeois society, blah-blah-blah.
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That wasn't the case.
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He took a position with an uncle,
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an engineer working on a water project in Venice,
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but he precipitously returned to France.
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He dabbled in spiritism,