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''What I Wanted to Be'' is a collection of interviews of famous men including [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in [[The Captain]] in april 1899.<br />
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The famous men were:<br />
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* H. M. Stanley<br />
* George R. Sims<br />
* Major H. StreatFeild<br />
* Sir Henry Irving<br />
* Charles Wyndham<br />
* [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]<br />
* Grant Allen<br />
* Lord Brampton<br />
* Sir John Bridge<br />
* George Grossmith<br />
* L. Alma-Tadema<br />
* Sir John Lubbock<br />
* John M. Le Sage<br />
* A. W. Pinero<br />
* Sir Thomas Lipton<br />
* John T. Tussaud<br />
* W. S. Gilbert<br />
* S. R. Crockett<br />
* William Whiteley<br />
* George Alexander<br />
* George Manville Fenn<br />
* Wilson Barrett<br />
* W. G. Grace<br />
* Sir Arthur Arnold<br />
* J. A. Bailey<br />
* Sir Squire Bancroft<br />
* Phil May<br />
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== What I Wanted to Be ==<br />
[[File:the-captain-1899-04-p28-what-i-wanted-to-be-extract.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Captain]] (april 1899, p. 28)]]<br />
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'''Some Boyish Aspirations of Famous Men'''<br />
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I remember my master asking me what I would be. I said, "A civil engineer." He answered: "You may be an engineer, Doyle, but from what I have seen of you I should think it very unlikely that will be a civil one!"<br />
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A. Conan Doyle<br />
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== Full article ==<br />
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File:the-captain-1899-04-p28-what-i-wanted-to-be.jpg|p. 28<br />
File:the-captain-1899-04-p29-what-i-wanted-to-be.jpg|p. 29<br />
File:the-captain-1899-04-p30-what-i-wanted-to-be.jpg|p. 30<br />
File:the-captain-1899-04-p31-what-i-wanted-to-be.jpg|p. 31<br />
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