1. I think it was Ann Coulter who was the first person I read who said that today’s Law School students don’t have the vocabulary to read 1800s legal documents.

   I remember her specifically saying Frederick Douglas’ opinions – remember he was a freed slave, so self-schooled – used vocabulary that today’s students don’t understand.

   It’s pretty freaking bad when graduate school students can’t understand things written by a self-schooled slave from the 1860s.

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   1. …until you consider that Mr. Douglass was literate (unlike contemporary collegians), eloquent (unlike…), And intelligent (unlike….)

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