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10 Impressive People Who Educated Themselves
With Only a Library Card
onlinecollegecourses.com: 01.02.2012

While formal schooling from kindergarten all the way up to the college level has a lot to offer a knowledge-thirsty mind, the reality is that you don't necessarily have to go to school in order to learn and be well-educated. The vast majority of information (especially in today's world) is free to access at your local library at your own leisure, and many have done just that to keep learning even when they couldn't or didn't want to go to school.

Whether they read their way to education at a public library or in their own homes, there have been been some pretty well-known names who have used books to expand their minds. Many have gone on to be writers, political leaders, and businesspeople, and while you might not know every name on this list, their stories will certainly convince you that a library card in the hands of a determined learner is a very powerful thing indeed.

Abraham Lincoln
Jack London
Ray Bradbury
Abigail Adams
August Wilson
Edith Wharton
J.B. Fuqua
Malcolm X
J.A. Rogers
Walter Pitts

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