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With a kind of education—most men taught to read, very few to think—the masses are likely to demand yet more and more for themselves.
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gutenberg.orgHenry Watterson: “With a kind of education—most men taught to read, very few to think—the masses are likely to demand yet more and more…”
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Watterson warns that an educated populace may demand more rights and resources for themselves.
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