It is a beautiful thought. but in the practical application of it to the conditions of our day. with our hundred millions of people. we must look to our own preservation and the perpetuity of our institutions anti ideals. No one claims that ignorance is necessarily an indication of dishonesty or undesirability. It seems distressingly fanciful to me to refer with pitying pathos. to our noble ancestors who could not read or write as an argument against the literacy test. The great majority of the American people have come to believe that on the whole the higher the average of education and intelligence of our people the better it will be for their happiness and progress. One does not. necessarily have to be able to read and write in order to be a good citizen.
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