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.
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.
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.
One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be read more
One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.
