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I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!

Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth
Died: 1884
Died: November 26
Abolitionist
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