Ambidexterity
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a faculty as the right, and in many callings the power of equal use is very convenient. An ophthalmic surgeon for example who can use either hand indifferently for delicate eye operations can do his work more quickly and neatly than the man who can only trust his right hand. In piano and organ playing and in performing on most musical instruments ambidexterity is indispensable. Indeed in violin-playing it is the left hand that must execute the more delicate
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