One of the most encouraging signs in connection with the Tuskegee school is found in the fact that the organization is so thorough that the daily work of the school is not dependent upon the presence of any one individual.
From his autobiography, Washington describes the robust organizational structure of the Tuskegee Institute.
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The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.
If my life in the past has meant anything in the lifting up of my people and the bringing about of better relations between your race and mine, I assure you from this day it will mean doubly more.
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.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.