Of course, it’s very difficult to teach a naked man how to read. — Opening line of a speech at a Brandeis University Conference in 1963; quoted by John Culkin, in “Marshall’s New York Adventure,” in MM The Man and His Message (1989), p 99 | The MMM

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Of course, it’s very difficult to teach a naked man how to read.

Opening line of a speech at a Brandeis University Conference in 1963; quoted by John Culkin, in “Marshall’s New York Adventure,” in MM The Man and His Message (1989), p 99

Quote #5958

Year: 1963

Chapters: Literacy | Reading

↪ Also at #3528

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