Every persecuted individual and race should get much consolation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin found, is, in the long run, recognized and rewarded.
Washington offers a universal principle, asserting that merit, regardless of race, will ultimately be acknowledged and rewarded.
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