De greatest t'ing in de wul is edification.

Ef our race ken git dat we ken git ebery t'ing else.
Dat is de key.

Git de key an' yer ken go in de house to go whare you please.

As fur his beatin' de brat, yer musn't kick agin dat.

He'll beat de brat to make him larn, and won't dat be a blessed t'ing?
See dis scar on side my head?
Old marse Sampson knocked me down wid a single-tree tryin' to make me stop larning, and God is so fixed it dat white folks is knocking es down ef we don't larn.