"In the absence of literacy, it is extremely difficult to preach the gospel, read the sacred scriptures, raise the standard of health, or help people to help themselves by improving their economic status, living standards, sanitary standards, and so on. An ability to read and write enables people to understand their temporal and spiritual problems and ways to solve them. Furthermore, it helps them to solve practical, everyday problems at the household and community level" (Alexander B. Morrison, The Dawning of a Brighter Day [1990], 49).

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