"In a day when most anything can be rendered disposable, Americans are not accustomed to keeping things that remind them of times of darkness, sadness, or failure. We do not keep the nameplate from the job where we were fired. We do not keep the bad report card or the paper that got an F." -From Meador's Worldview Guid Canon Press resource: https://canonpress.com/products/worldview-guide-for-frederick-douglasss-autobiography