Furthermore, I think the time has come in the South for all our people to consider more fully than they have ever done before the question of the education of all of our population; and, wherever practicable, to give attention in our schools to teaching the art of saving also.
He calls for a broader consideration of education for all populations in the South, including financial literacy.
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This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
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.
The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.