Doug Henwood: It always strikes me as weird when a guy who devoted his professional life to Milton and Pound says that literacy doesn't really matter much.
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It was partly from Milton & Pope that I learned to be skeptical of the use of literacy.
^^^^^ CB: Comrade Carrol is practicing criticism/self-criticism ! Sounds like Carrol is demonstrating high quality critical thinking in an area in which his thinking is also rigorous (smile)