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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man
Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.
At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.
The responsibility of success or failure lay heavily upon me.
The strength of our determination was about to be fully tested.