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If Niggers could out run em
If Niggers could out run 'em and git on deir home lines dey wuz safe.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

is not capable of reading Epictetus
The reader’s mind will be fixed upon the truth or falsehood according as he is or is not capable of reading Epictetus with understanding.
— from The Teaching of Epictetus Being the 'Encheiridion of Epictetus,' with Selections from the 'Dissertations' and 'Fragments' by Epictetus

Italian neighborhood capable of reading English
Such were the questions that tormented me, until I was able to examine the file of English newspapers, and find out from them; for, as before, I would not have taken any one into my confidence by getting another to read the papers for me, even if I could have found any one in that rural Italian neighborhood capable of reading English.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

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