Booker T. Washington: “In this letter I said that I had made it a rule never to say before a Northern audience anything that I would not say…”

It is such a rest and relief to get away from crowds of people, and handshaking, and travelling, to get home, even if it be for but a very brief while.

In fact, when I left France, I had more faith in the future of the black man in America than I had ever possessed.

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

I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life—that is, tries to make each day reach as nearly as possible the high-water…