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I'm trying to source this screenshot discussing historical American literary habits and literacy rates. Anyone have any leads? So far I've only sourced two of the citations in the excerpt with no clues towards the source of the screenshot itself.
>[137] Rev. FB Zincke. "Last Winter in the United States"
https://archive.org/details/lastwinterin00zincrich/mode/2up?q=%22lowest+and+most+vicious%22
>[138] William A. Bell. "New Tracks in North America"
https://archive.org/details/newtracksinnorth00belluoft/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22like+mushrooms%22

>>2809971
>most of us are just fucking retards who forget to read
Believe it or not, once upon a time we were known for reading more than anyone else.