There are two things you must fix your mind on: the building of a suitable school-house and the arousing in the people, at the same time, a spirit that will make them support your efforts.
He identifies two key focuses for community improvement: building schools and fostering local support.
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Despite superficial and temporary signs which might lead one to entertain a contrary opinion, there was never a time when I felt more hopeful for the race than I do at the present.
This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.
We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.