He leaves all that to his schoolfellows, who are more sophisticated and equipped with better English.

His parents are not deeply interested in keeping him in school, and will not hold him there against his inclination.

Their experience does not point to the good American tradition that it is the educated man who finally succeeds.

The richest man in the Italian colony can neither read nor write--even Italian.

His cunning and acquisitiveness, combined with the credulity and ignorance of his countrymen, have slowly brought about his large fortune.