Icy at this time? It is said that ignorance is a menace in a republic. I deny it. Ignorance may be a misfortune. but it ill becomes a nation boasting our ideals to penalize the victims of that misfortune. Besides. this proposed literacy test. which is designed to check and prevent immigration. is not confined to the exclusion of the ignorant. A man may be illiterate and yet not ignorant. It has been within the observation of all of us that there are many intelligent men who are nevertheless illiterate. as that term Is understood. My mind reverts to a citizen of a Southern State who was one of the most intelligent men in his community. and yet he could neither read nor write.
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