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		pjscott on Feb 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This is what it's like for an innocent man to spen... Was the literacy level of the public higher in the past? I couldn't find statistics.

nazgulnarsil on Feb 28, 2011 [–]

I had seen a 12th grade level cited, but I don't think the methodology was rigorous.

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