Sentence:  They have no deep-down objection to education, but a child who learns his lessons in English instead of Russian, and who rubs shoulders with some other race of youngsters, is liable to get some of the "<WSD>Freedomite</WSD>" edges rubbed smooth. The children are said to be communal, and that he is — allegedly — a wise <WSD>Freedomite</WSD> who knows his own father. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A member of a (Doukhobor) sect that emigrated from Russia to Canada at the end of the 19th century.