CMP Review 2025-04-03

April 3, 2025

“I am, I can, I ought, I will.”

It’s one of the most celebrated sentences associated with Charlotte Mason, and it’s repeated almost every time the philosophy of Miss Mason is explained.

But what exactly does it mean? And where did it come from?

It turns out that this remarkable motto has almost as many tributaries as it has interpretations.

But perhaps even more important than its many sources are its many applications, which have inspired persons for more than 100 years.

After exhaustive research I’ve collected in one place a detailed and fully-cited narrative of the origin and meaning of the P.U.S. motto. Check out this new and readable account here.

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