John Kendrick Bangs Quote

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our youth from the dreadful influence of such novels as 'Three Cycles, Not To Mention The Rug,' which dreadful book I have found within the past month in the hands of at least twenty children in the neighborhood, not one of whom was past sixty.


The Autobiography of Methuselah: Bangs Classic Collection (ed. 2015)


If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our...

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our...

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our...

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our...