The degree of Doctor of Divinity was once held in the highest esteem, and was conferred only upon those ministers who had really become entitled to it because of some original research or other work of high scholarship.
Washington reflects on the historical significance of the Doctor of Divinity degree and its original association with high scholarship.
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The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.
The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.