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YEZIERSKA, Anzia<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anzia Yezierska<\/strong>, Polish-American author<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican and I\u201d (February 1922) Scribner\u2019s Magazine<\/em>, Vol. LXXI, No. 2; in Scribner\u2019s Magazine, Vol. LXXI, January \u2013 June 1922, New York, NY: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, p. 157, column 1; online via University of Michigan & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [First lines of essay]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ach! America! From the other end of the earth from where I come, America was a land of living hope, woven of dreams, aflame with longing and desire.\u201d (p. 157, column 1)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Scribner\u2019s Magazine<\/em>, Vol. LXXI (1922) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=QAcwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=As+one+of+the+dumb,+voiceless+ones+I+speak\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIf I had never met him I would have dreamed him into being.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anzia Yezierska<\/strong>, Polish-American author<\/p>\n

Red Ribbon on a White Horse<\/em> (1950) New York, NY: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, p. 113<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0Library \u2013 Red Ribbon on a White Horse<\/em> (1950) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 1345647<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWhen I only begin to read, I forget I\u2019m on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anzia Yezierska<\/strong>, Polish-American author<\/p>\n

\u201cWings\u201d (1920) Hungry Hearts<\/em>, New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, p. 7; online via University of California Libraries & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fictional dialogue \u2013 character \u2018Shenah Pessah\u2019 to \u2018John Barnes\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI got yet a lot of luck. I learned myself English from a Jewish English reader, and one of the boarders left me a grand book. When I only begin to read, I forget I\u2019m on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.\u201d Her whole face and figure lit up with animation as she poured herself out to him.\u201d (p. 7)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Hungry Hearts<\/em> (1920) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/hungryhearts00yeziiala?ref=ol#page\/n5\/mode\/2up\/search\/when+i+only+begin<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattributed to\u00a0Anzia Yezierska –<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cScience has salvaged scrap metal and even found vitamins and valuable oils in refuse, but old people are extravagantly wasted.<\/span>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Unnamed New York psychologist\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cited by author and \u2018workshop on aging\u2019 organizer & participant Anzia Yezierska in \u201cA Thousand Pages of Research\u201d (June 1963) Commentary<\/em>, Vol. 36, 1 July 1963, New York, NY: American Jewish Committee, p. 61; online via Commentary<\/em> magazine, www.commentarymagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattribution notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

While attribution credit is often given to author Anzia Yezierska<\/span><\/strong>, she credits an un-named man for the “Science has salvaged scrap metal…” comment in her Commentary<\/em> essay<\/span>.\u00a0 Please see our “Citation” and “Source Link” tabs for additional information.<\/p>\n

Citation note<\/em>: A few sources have incorrectly cited Yezierska\u2019s article title as \u201cOne<\/strong> Thousand Pages of Research.\u201d<\/p>\n

The correct title: “A<\/strong> Thousand Pages of Research”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Essay. Yezierska refers to the man she is quoting as \u201cProfessor Sidney Stone,\u201d but is clear in her text that this is a pseudonym. She notes in the article that he is a psychologist \u201cwho specialized in the \u2018learning abilities of adults.\u2019\u201d]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe leaned back in his chair, stroking his lapels. \u201cMany approaches have been made to the problem of aging, but this discussion group is unique. It is to be a study of the old by the old. It is something to meet a new need of our time. Science has salvaged scrap metal and even found vitamins and valuable oils in refuse, but old people are extravagantly wasted.<\/span>\u201d (p. 61)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cA Thousand Pages of Research\u201d (1 July 1963) online via Commentary magazine: https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/articles\/a-thousand-pages-of-research\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Anzia Yezierska\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n