QUACKENBOS’s Primary History of the United States and Elementary His-17 This is a recollection from his twilight years, and his study log, start-ing with Parley’s, lists nine textbooks for the first year of Western studies schooling including MITCHELL’s Ancient Geography, and tory of the United States. There were six textbooks for the second year, including CHAMBERS’s Political Economy, WAYLAND’s The Elements of Political Economy, and WELLS’s Natural Philosophy. Altogether, he stud-ied from fifteen texts. We might assume that due to all of this reading he spent a lot of time studying on his own. He also writes poems such as the following. Frost spreads out far and wide on the ground, the mood of autumn pervades all. Reading English and French history texts by lamplight, and after reaching the last page the night has al-ready worn deep. Perhaps this is how he worked to keep up with his classes. In his spare time he read ten Japanese language books, including A Brief History of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, The New Prosperity of Tokyo, and Outline of National Law. Through the knowledge gained in Western studies and the information collected through private study, Enryō began to come up with his own original ideas, as seen in this poem. human. All people are equal, and all have the same rights. Stop saying that in the past there were so many great men. Those great men were human too, just as I am also human. Moonlight reaches far and wide across the perfect night sky. Those who work hard and those who are lazy are all equally
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