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<p>The word essay derives from the French infinitive <i>essayer</i>, "to try" or "to attempt". In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman <a href="page.php?w=Michel_de_Montaigne">Michel de Montaigne</a> (1533-1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to</p><p>
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