No, the czar did not want us in the schools.
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You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.
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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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