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And the word ILLITERATE, in its common acceptation, means a man who is ignorant of those two languages.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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And the word ILLITERATE, in its common acceptation, means a man who is ignorant of those two languages.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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And the word ILLITERATE, in its common acceptation, means a man who is ignorant of those two languages.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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These the Democratic machine classified as THE ILLITERATE WHITE VOTE, and according to the idea of the machine these white voters were there for the SAME PURPOSE that the negro vote existed in some of the Eastern counties, viz.: to be manipulated in the interest of what was called the Democratic party.
People's Party Hand-Book of Facts. Campaign of 1898. N.C. 1898
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I AM AMAZED at how ILLITERATE some so many Americans are.
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This is supposed to be a quasi-journalistic'NEWS 'site that advocates the serious consideration of Liberal views; and you, of all people, (thevery Publisher of this site), make it look and sound not only ILLITERATE, but INFERIOR by any journalistic standards.
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They hate us, and if they don't hate us, they at least think we are not very bright, or maybe they just don't care, because WE ARE NOT DOING OUR PART TO SUCK THE PLANET OF ITS REMAINING RESOURCES AND WE MUST BE ILLITERATE.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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They hate us, and if they don't hate us, they at least think we are not very bright, or maybe they just don't care, because WE ARE NOT DOING OUR PART TO SUCK THE PLANET OF ITS REMAINING RESOURCES AND WE MUST BE ILLITERATE.
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In other words, we still have senior “intelligence” officers who are ILLITERATE in the languages of the countries we pay them to monitor.
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STAMMERER APPEARS ILLITERATE: No matter how great the stammerer's knowledge may be, he often appears to be illiterate simply because he is unable to express himself in words.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
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