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Frederick Douglass

"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."

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"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."

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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

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