When he was just eight years old, one of his teachers paid a special visit to his home and told him that there was no limit to what he might accomplish.
وقتی هشت سال بیشتر نداشت معلّمش شخصاً به خانهٔ آنان رفت و به رابرت گفت که با چنین استعدادی هیچ مانعی در راه پیشرفتش نخواهد بود .‏