Maxioms by Mary Antin
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.
But most of the Gentiles were ignorant.
But most of the Gentiles were ignorant.
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.
No, the czar did not want us in the schools.
No, the czar did not want us in the schools.
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.
