[Homer_J_Simpson]

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"The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," by Frederick Douglass, (1892 edition)

[MarDav]

My favorite quote from Douglass is:

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” —Frederick Douglass

As a school teacher, I am usually the only one who has done the readings for the class. This makes the job of increasing literacy impossible, of course. I remind them of this quote, spoken by a slave, and point out the irony that a slave took careful note of the importance of reading to freedom and how, today, many who are free are actually enslaving themselves to those who have the true knowledge by shunning the practice of reading.