I pity the man, black or white, who has never experienced the joy and satisfaction that come to one by reason of an effort to assist in making some one else more useful and more happy.
Washington expresses his profound belief in the intrinsic reward and satisfaction derived from helping others achieve greater usefulness and happiness.
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He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.
No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.