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Conversation and letter writing, it's said

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Techniques no longer commonly practiced

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Skills no longer popular

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Letter writing and blacksmithing
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Nobody's good at them nowadays
LOSTARTSMaking daguerreotypes, and other things
LOSTARTSIllumination of manuscripts, and others
LOSTARTSLetter writing and sentence diagramming, it's said
LOSTARTSSkills of yesterday
LOSTARTSSkills that no one knows anymore