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In the good ol days when it got dark all you had to read by was a candle or some sort of oil light not usually very good for the eyes,so the y helped protect and preserve eye sight. They made self education far easier. they led to more people having a time to read in the days of long working hours this was a great thing. electric light was safer and healthier. and made the environment that people lived in safer.

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