“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire.”
First Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 13 (1786)
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