A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
Source: Commencement Address, The Colored High School, Baltimore, MD, 22 Jun 1894.
-- Frederick Douglass, (Feb 14 1817-1895), US lecturer, author; He escaped slavery in 1838, became active in the anti-slavery cause and edited anti-slavery journal.