Nevertheless, out of the evil came something of good,—the more careful adjustment of education to real life, the clearer perception of the Negroes’ social responsibilities, and the sobering realization of the meaning of progress.
This passage reflects on the unexpected positive outcomes that emerged from adversity, including a more practical approach to education and a deeper understanding of social responsibilities.
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The form and disposition of the laborers’ cabins throughout the Black Belt is to-day the same as in slavery days.
And yet, being a problem is a strange experience,—peculiar even for one who has never been anything else, save perhaps in babyhood and in Europe.
All this segregation by color is largely independent of that natural clustering by social grades common to all communities.
This, then, is the end of his striving: to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture, to escape both death and isolation, to husband and use his best powers and his latent genius.