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is no worse than being able to read but choosing not to, for the man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books, has no advantage over the man who can't read them. (Mark Twain)

is rife with drawbacks. For example, it's worth wondering if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup.

I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup' Jerry Seinfeld

is more of an attitude than a faculty. Nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

Nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

is always coincident with poverty. There is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

One must always have in mind one simple fact there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

is about more than reading and writing --- nowadays, the illiterates can read and write.

Nowadays, the illiterates can read and write.

is not so bad --- at least you can never be misinformed through reading.

Illiteracy has its advantages: you can never be misinformed through reading.

is picked on too much --- the illiterate who cannot read or write was probably born that way.

The illiterate who cannot read or write was probably born that way.

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