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Archibald Henry Grimké: “Poverty and experience were teaching the child what he never could have learned in a grammar-school, a certain…”

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Poverty and experience were teaching the child what he never could have learned in a grammar-school, a certain acquaintance with himself and the world around him.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké reflects on the valuable life lessons learned through hardship rather than formal education.

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