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Word: ignorami (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...honest illiterates, there were 5,000,000 '' proud " or " dishonest " ones, who refused to admit their deficiency.* Researches carefully backtracked the Federal statistics into States and localities, there also discovering about 10,000,000 near-illiterates-a grand total of 20,000,000 ignorami. This is: more than half the population of France, more than all the Mexicans in the world, more than all the inhabitants of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Scotland combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Adult Illiterates | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

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