We may say, for instance, that nearly two-thirds of them cannot read or write....

We may say, for instance, that nearly two-thirds of them cannot read or write. This but partially expresses the fact. They are ignorant of the world about them, of modern economic organization, of the function of government, of individual worth and possibilities,-of nearly all those things which slavery in self-defence had to keep them from learning.

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