Through the eradication of illiteracy and the diffusion of education mankind has reached a stage where we may fairly say that in the United States equality of opportunity has been attained, though all are not prepared to embrace it.
Harding notes that through education, the U.S. has achieved a level of equality of opportunity, though not everyone is ready to take advantage of it.
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