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" 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. "

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" There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles. "

" The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die. "

" 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. "

" The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family. "

" The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. "

" 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. "

" You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. "

" 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. "

" You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose. "

" Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. "

" No, the czar did not want us in the schools. "