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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.
IT IS not hyperbole to say that Booker T. Washington was a great
American. For twenty years before his death he had been the most
useful, as well as the most distinguished, member of his race in
the world, and one of the most useful, as well as one of the most
distinguished, of American citizens of any race. Eminent though his
services were to the people of his own color, the white men of our
Republic were almost as much indebted to him, both directly and
indirectly. They were indebted to him directly, because of the work
he did on behalf of industrial education for the Negro, thus giving
impetus to the work for the industrial education of the White Man,
which is, at least, as necessary; and, moreover, every successful
effort to turn the thoughts of the natural leaders of the Negro
race into the fields of business endeavor, of agricultural effort,
of every species of success in private life, is not only to their
advantage, but to the advantage of the White Man, as tending to
remove the friction and trouble that inevitably come throughout the
South at this time in any Negro district where the Negroes turn for
their advancement primarily to political life. The indirect
indebtedness of the White Race to Booker T. Washington is due to
the simple fact that here in America we are all in the end going up
or down together; and therefore, in the long run, the man who makes
a substantial contribution toward uplifting any part of the
community has helped to uplift all of the community. Wherever in
our land the Negro remains uneducated, and liable to criminal
suggestion, it is absolutely certain that the whites will
themselves tend to tread the paths of barbarism; and wherever we
find the colored people as a whole engaged in successful work to
better themselves, and respecting both themselves and others, there
we shall also find the tone of the white community high. The
patriotic white man with an interest in the welfare of this country
is almost as heavily indebted to Booker T. Washington as the
colored men themselves.
1911. With portraits and other illustrations. The story of Stowe's
life written by her son and grandson. From the Preface: This life
of Harriet Beecher Stowe is not a biography in the ordinary sense.
It is rather the story of a real character; telling, not so much
what she did as what she was, and how she became what she was. Each
of the ten chapters is meant to be complete in itself, and to tell
how the child grew, how she became a teacher and writer, a wife and
mother; and, as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, rose from
obscurity to fame. Then, we see her in the storm and stress of a
war that she had done much to bring on; in her Southern home; as a
delineator of New England life and character, and, finally as she
waits the muffled oar beside the silent sea and gently drifts away
with the ebbing tide. She herself is ever at the centre, and
everything else is subordinated to her and viewed through her
consciousness, and we look at the facts of her life as they were
mirrored there. What her critics in the past thought of her, or
what they think of her in the present, or may think of her in the
future, is not a matter that concerns us.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
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imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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1911. With portraits and other illustrations. The story of Stowe's
life written by her son and grandson. From the Preface: This life
of Harriet Beecher Stowe is not a biography in the ordinary sense.
It is rather the story of a real character; telling, not so much
what she did as what she was, and how she became what she was. Each
of the ten chapters is meant to be complete in itself, and to tell
how the child grew, how she became a teacher and writer, a wife and
mother; and, as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, rose from
obscurity to fame. Then, we see her in the storm and stress of a
war that she had done much to bring on; in her Southern home; as a
delineator of New England life and character, and, finally as she
waits the muffled oar beside the silent sea and gently drifts away
with the ebbing tide. She herself is ever at the centre, and
everything else is subordinated to her and viewed through her
consciousness, and we look at the facts of her life as they were
mirrored there. What her critics in the past thought of her, or
what they think of her in the present, or may think of her in the
future, is not a matter that concerns us.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
1911. With portraits and other illustrations. The story of Stowe's
life written by her son and grandson. From the Preface: This life
of Harriet Beecher Stowe is not a biography in the ordinary sense.
It is rather the story of a real character; telling, not so much
what she did as what she was, and how she became what she was. Each
of the ten chapters is meant to be complete in itself, and to tell
how the child grew, how she became a teacher and writer, a wife and
mother; and, as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, rose from
obscurity to fame. Then, we see her in the storm and stress of a
war that she had done much to bring on; in her Southern home; as a
delineator of New England life and character, and, finally as she
waits the muffled oar beside the silent sea and gently drifts away
with the ebbing tide. She herself is ever at the centre, and
everything else is subordinated to her and viewed through her
consciousness, and we look at the facts of her life as they were
mirrored there. What her critics in the past thought of her, or
what they think of her in the present, or may think of her in the
future, is not a matter that concerns us.
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