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WT Sharpe · 04-13-2011, 08:26 AM

.....A nation can not teach its youths to think in terms of destruction and oppression without brutalizing and blunting the tender conscience and sense of justice of the youths of that country. More and more we must learn to think not in terms of race or color or language or religion or of political boundaries, but in terms of humanity. Above all races and political boundaries there is humanity. That should be considered first; and in proportion as we teach the youths of this country to love all races and all nations, we are rendering the highest service which education can render to the world.
..........— Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), African-American leader, educator. Address at the Fourth American Peace Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1, 1913. The Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 12: 1912-14, University of Illinois Press (1983).

04-13-2011, 08:26 AM	#1494
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.	.....A nation can not teach its youths to think in terms of destruction and oppression without brutalizing and blunting the tender conscience and sense of justice of the youths of that country. More and more we must learn to think not in terms of race or color or language or religion or of political boundaries, but in terms of humanity. Above all races and political boundaries there is humanity. That should be considered first; and in proportion as we teach the youths of this country to love all races and all nations, we are rendering the highest service which education can render to the world. ..........— Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), African-American leader, educator. Address at the Fourth American Peace Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1, 1913. *The Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 12: 1912-14*, University of Illinois Press (1983).