“Every decent man, and every real gentleman in particular, ought to apply himself, above all things, to the study of his native language, so as to express his ideas with ease and gracefulness.”

— Laurent Clerc

Statement of 1864, quoted in Pamphlets on the Deaf, Dumb & Blind

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