… Debates, and Interviews. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Vol. II, p. 52. Monarchies and Freedom, Republics and … schools, and statistics showed that, from 5 to 8 or 10 years, black children were as apt to improve as white, but as … left them behind. Why was this? The child of 8, 10, or 12 years learned because it was taught; when older, it began to …