When Raleigh sought to found a colony at Jamestown with gentlemen of letters and leisure. it ended in disaster. and Virginia became a possibility only when tile strong and courageous illiterates of England came with ax and plow to do their work. George Washington had only an ordinary commonschool training. but which of his men of letters. his men of college training and. social polish could match him in the wisdom. foresight. patience. skill. and the qualities that gave him success and brought him immortality? Andrew Jackson was the son of an illiterate Irish emigrant. and himself a man of meager education. but who will say that it was Jacksons literacy that von New Orleans and gave America two of its most notable administrations? Kings Mountain and the kings were beaten by the splendid illiterates of the Alleghenies. it was these same Irish illiterates who won the West. and gave us such illustrious Commonwealths as Kentucky. Daniel Boone and Sam Houston. pioneers and empire builders. were of this breed of illiterates. and the school. literacy. and the schoolmaster followed in their trail.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the strength and courage of illiterate Irish immigrants.