Booker T. Washington: “I had the feeling that in a large measure my future depended upon the impression I made upon the teacher in the cleaning…”

The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.

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

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.

Wherever our graduates go, the changes which soon begin to appear in the buying of land, improving homes, saving money, in education, and in high moral characters are remarkable.