Mary Antin Quotes
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Mary Antin QuotesYou went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.
The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.
The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
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.
In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.
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.
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