When John Walden was yet a small boy, he
had learned all that could be taught by the
mulatto teacher in the long, shiny black frock
coat, whom local public opinion permitted to
teach a handful of free colored children. When
the boy had learned to read, he discovered the
library, and in it a door to a new world, peopled
with strange and marvelous beings. When he
had read all the books he had tasted of the fruit
of the Tree of Knowledge
One day Judge Straight was sitting in his
law office near the corner of Mackenzie
Street. Archibald Straight had transacted legal
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Question

When John Walden was yet a small boy, he 
had learned all that could be taught by the 
mulatto teacher in the long, shiny black frock 
coat, whom local public opinion permitted to 
teach a handful of free colored children. When 
the boy had learned to read, he discovered the 
library, and in it a door to a new world, peopled 
with strange and marvelous beings. When he 
had read all the books he had tasted of the fruit 
of the Tree of Knowledge
One day Judge Straight was sitting in his 
law office near the corner of Mackenzie 
Street. Archibald Straight had transacted legal 
bus

anonymous · Answer

Which statement is an important point in this passage?
John Walden learned all that he could from his schoolteacher.
Judge Straight has practiced law for nearly 50 years.
The laws of the time did not allow men of color to practice law.