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The Alphabet Was A Great Invention, Which Enabled Men To Store And To Learn With Little Effort What Others Had Learned The Hard Way-that Is, To Learn From Books Rather Than From Direct, Possibly Painful, Contact With The Real World.
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The Alphabet Was A Great Invention, Which

B. F. Skinner
The Alphabet Was A Great Invention, Which Enabled Men To Store And To Learn With Little Effort What Others Had Learned The Hard Way-that Is, To Learn From Books Rather Than From Direct, Possibly Painful, Contact With The Real World.
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