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Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Source: Advice to His Children, 1699.
-- William Penn, (Oct 14 1644-1718), English colonizer, religious leader; He was a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, 1682, based on religious, political freedom.

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