# What did Sargent say a beginner should spend on the writing kit in 1916, which figures does he give, and what rule of restraint does he apply?

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Sargent tells beginners to spend as little as they can: rent a machine for four to six dollars for three months with the rent applied to a roughly thirty-five dollar purchase, buy a dollar to a dollar-thirty of paper and a few cents of second sheets, and delay printed letterheads. He claims the start-up need not reach ten dollars including three months' rent. The three component prices he states sum to 5.35-7.65 dollars, so the claim is plausible against those items but the full list is not priced. Style rule: good but plain material, made to look like the best authors'.

Sargent tells beginners to spend as little as they can: rent a machine for four to six dollars for three months with the rent applied to a roughly thirty-five dollar purchase, buy a dollar to a dollar-thirty of paper and a few cents of second sheets, and delay printed letterheads. He claims the start-up need not reach ten dollars including three months' rent. The three component prices he states sum to 5.35-7.65 dollars, so the claim is plausible against those items but the full list is not priced. Style rule: good but plain material, made to look like the best authors'.

Curator qualifications: Cost advice and under-ten-dollars claim verified; worker arithmetic reproduced by curator.

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      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXIV lines ~21360-21600"
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```

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- [sourced_fact] Sargent tells beginners to spend as little as they can: rent a machine for four to six dollars for three months with the rent applied to a roughly thirty-five dollar purchase, buy a dollar to a dollar-thirty of paper and a few cents of second sheets, and delay printed letterheads. He claims the start-up need not reach ten dollars including three months' rent. The three component prices he states sum to 5.35-7.65 dollars, so the claim is plausible against those items but the full list is not priced. Style rule: good but plain material, made to look like the best authors'. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXIV lines ~21360-21600 · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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