The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.