Memory Gem: “Quiet streams are often very deep.”

Memory gems were once a staple of American education. Each gem was either a piece of useful information, an affirmation, or a moral standard to live by. The idea was that if children repeated and memorized these gems, they would become imprinted on their psyche and help build their moral character.

In this video I work through a gem I found in Zaner & Bloser’s Manual 96.

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