"It is true, there was no public-school system,……" — John Sergeant Wise
"It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors."
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John Sergeant Wise
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24 Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in…
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As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.
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Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.
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THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
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However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters…
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John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
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Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far…
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In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards…
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In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished…
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And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be…
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The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the…
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In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost…
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More Classes Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.
— Javier Bardem
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You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
— Max Beerbohm
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In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
— Robert Benchley
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The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion…
— Robert Bork
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The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking…
— Eli Broad
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I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I…
— Gisele Bundchen
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Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is…
— Octavia Butler
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