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WT Sharpe · 09-13-2010, 06:38 AM

.....Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
..........— Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915), American educator, author, orator, political leader. "An Address on Abraham Lincoln before the Republican Club of New York City" (February 12, 1909), The Booker T. Washington Papers Open Book Edition, Volume 10: 1909-1011, page 35, Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock, editors; Geraldine McTigue and Nan E. Woodruff, assistant editors. University of Illnois Press (1981).

09-13-2010, 06:38 AM	#663
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. ..........— Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915), American educator, author, orator, political leader. "An Address on Abraham Lincoln before the Republican Club of New York City" (February 12, 1909), *The Booker T. Washington Papers Open Book Edition*, Volume 10: 1909-1011, page 35, Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock, editors; Geraldine McTigue and Nan E. Woodruff, assistant editors. University of Illnois Press (1981).