Maxioms by Mary Antin
If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left read more
If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, read more
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station read more
On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.
His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time read more
His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day.
In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.
In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.
