Use anonymous ftp to connect to sunsite.unc.edu:

% ftp sunsite.unc.edu
Connected to sunsite.unc.edu.
220 calypso-2 FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Mon May 9 18:03:22 EDT 1994) ready.
Name (foo.bar.edu:user): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: user@foo.bar.edu
(The password won't show up on your machine)
ftp> cd /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
ftp> get README
ftp> !more README