A Classic Is A Book That Doesn't

It Is The Trained, Living Human Soul, Cultivated And Strengthened By Long Study And Thought, That Breathes The Real Breath Of Life Into Boys And Girls And Makes Them Human, Whether They Be Black Or White, Greek, Russian Or American.

Strive For That Greatness Of Spirit That Measures Life Not By Its Disappointments But By Its Possibilities.

Actively We Have Woven Ourselves With The Very Warp And Woof Of This Nation, - We Have Fought Their Battles, Shared Their Sorrow, Mingled Our Blood With Theirs, And Generation After Generation Have Pleaded With A Headstrong, Careless People To Despise Not Justice, Mercy And Truth, Lest The Nation Be Smitten With A Curse. Our Song, Our Toil, Our Cheer And Warning Have Been Given To This Nation In Blood-brotherhood. Are Not These Gifts Worth The Giving? Is Not This Worth The Striving? Would America Have Been America Without Her Negro People?

Life Has Its Pains And Evils-its Bitter Disappointments; But Like A Good Novel And In Healthful Length Of Days, There Is Infinite Joy In Seeing The World, The Most Interesting Of Continued Stories, Unfold.

Would America Have Been America Without Her Negro People?