No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
