“They know how to write—that’s the problem. They endure the early morning cold in winter and the heat of the harvest like any other poor person, because they too are made of flesh and bones, like their neighbors, and they also see to it that their neighbors do not steal their time and wages. But if you deal with them, they will value you by name, by nickname, and by our relatives - and all this with their feathers - they will put you in debt and you will never get out of their books...”