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But, on the other hand, not one in twenty of the boys and girls was unable to read.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “But, on the other hand, not one in twenty of the boys and girls was unable to read.”
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Reid notes that the younger generation in Helena church shows better literacy rates than the adults.
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