Original sentence: Although formally educated, Fergusson, who had developed early literary ambitions, chose relatively lowly employment and pursued an essentially "bohemian" life course, initially with success.Fergusson's bilingual canon was the acknowledged inspiration for the career of Robert Burns, and many leading makars of the twentieth century similarly recognised his importance, especially Robert Garioch and Sydney Goodsir Smith.He wrote in two languages, Scottish English and Scots, and his works in both were published regularly in the weekly newspaper of the Edinburgh publisher Walter Ruddiman.In effect, his poetry and creative ambition stand as an important artistic and linguistic bridge between the generations of Allan Ramsay and, through Burns, most later Scots writers, yet his legacy has tended to be unjustly neglected.In the nineteenth century the stone was restored and further inscribed by Robert Louis Stevenson.It is his vivid and masterly writing in the latter leid for which he is still principally acclaimed.Latterly, his literary energy and free-minded conviviality were overshadowed by what may have been a depression, although other factors played a part.Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 - 16 October 1774) was the Scottish poet, born in Edinburgh
Edited sentence: After formal study at the University of St Andrews he chose relatively lowly employment in the Edinburgh of the early 1770s where he pursued an essentially "bohemian" life course, initially with some success.Fergusson's small canon and large creative ambition stand as an important artistic and linguistic bridge between the generations of Allan Ramsay and most later Scots writers.He wrote in two languages, Scottish English and Scots, and it is his vivid and masterly writing in the latter leid for which he is still principally acclaimed.His bilingual career was the acknowledged inspiration for the career of Robert Burns.Latterly, his literary energy and active social life were overshadowed by what may have been, in part, a depression.Many leading makars of the twentieth century similarly recognised his importance, such as Robert Garioch or Sydney Goodsir Smith.More widely, however, his legacy has tended to be unjustly neglected.Most of his works were first published in the weekly newspaper of the Edinburgh publisher Walter Ruddiman.Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 - 16 October 1774) was the Edinburgh-born Scottish poet.The stone was restored and further inscribed by Robert Louis Stevenson in the later nineteenth century.The young Fergusson developed literary ambitions early in life