Booker T. Washington: “Why do they never fail to touch the tenderest chord--to bring tears from the eyes of rich and poor--from king and…”

This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.

In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.

How shall we make the mansion on yon Beacon Street feel and see the need of the spirits in the lowliest cabin in Alabama cotton-fields or Louisiana sugar-bottoms?

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.