"We are all uneducated, ignorant, and illiterate, and in this respect, I confess, I do not see any great difference between my compatriots of Concord, who really cannot read, and those who have only risen to the point of reading books for the food of children and the feeble-minded.
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Author
Henry David ThoreauAll Translations
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We are all uneducated, ignorant, and illiterate, and in this respect, I confess, I do not see any great difference between my compatriots of Concord, who really cannot read, and those who have only risen to the point of reading books for the food of children and the feeble-minded.
""Mind, egytől egyig műveletlenek, tudatlanok, analfabéták vagyunk, s e tekintetben, megvallom, nem látok valami nagy különbséget ama concordi honfitársaim között, akik valóban nem tudnak olvasni, és azok közt, akik csupán a gyermekek és gyengeelméjűek táplálékául szolgáló könyvek olvasásáig emelkedtek."