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16 quotes by Mary Antin

Mary Antin (born Maryashe Antin; June 13, 1881 – May 15, 1949) was an American author and immigration rights activist. She is best known for her 1912 autobiography The Promised Land, an account of her emigration and subsequent Americanization.
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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... →

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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.

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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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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... →

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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 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... →

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.

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

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