Through the Russian Revolution . The life of an illiterate is terrible!He lives in a dark forest. Everythingfrightens him. An owl hoots at night,—the illiterate thinks it is the were-wolf howl-ing; he believes in devils and witches. Iflightning strikes his hut, he says God is pun-ishing him for his sins; he does not know howto catch the lightning with a rod! The cropis poor—he will pray to God: but if he knew how better toeultivate Mother Earth, his harvest would be rich. He is cruel to animals— Soviet Educational Poster—Children of Darkness and Superst^throughrussianre00will

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