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\u201cThe man who doesn\u2019t read good books has no advantage over the man who can\u2019t read them.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The usual attribution of this remark to Mark Twain probably isn\u2019t accurate.<\/p>\n
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It hardly matters, though, because the statement is true regardless of who made it.<\/p>\n
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