The colored American., 1902-05-17
HOW A WORLD WON.
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might be carried on indefinitely with
out exhausting the rich catalogue.
Amid all this blaze of glOrv, enough
to turn the head of an ordinary char
acter, Booker T. Washington stands
in calm contemplation, grasping in all
its seriousness the grave responsibility
these honorS impose and remembering
that the tokens are of broader signih-
canoe than mere personal triumph.
They typify, to his mind, the praise,
the judicious and progress-loving uni
verse IS willing to extend to those who
live up to the full measure of their op-
pOrtunities, as created and developed
by natural laws. He is content to have
the commendation go to the system
for which his personality so perfectly
stands. Wherever placed and however
flattered, he never ceases to be the same
level-headed, big-hearted, and far
sighted "commoner" that the humble
farmers of the Black Belt" have learned
to love as their one guide, philosopher
and friend"
The methods by which Booker T.
Washington has won the world" are
by no means a secret All may know
and profit by a study of his ideals. Let
every aspiring young man and woman
treasure this list of Mr.. Washington's
ingredients of success, and make them
code of principles for daily life:
1. Build up a solid charaCter-a pure
heart, pure mind, leading to purity of
conduct
2. Cultivate the habit of industry,
supplemented by frugality in the ex-
penditure of money.
3. Cultivate the habit of spending
less than is earned and acquiring little
by little, If need be, a substantial bank
account.
4. Be punctual in keeping an obi
CATION of any kind, whether an unim-
Portant engagement or a promise to pay
a debt.
5. Avoid the doctrine of hate or re-
prlSal, preaching the beauty of love
and hope. rather than serving as the
disciple of despair or the prophet of
disaster.
8. Stand as sturdily as the oak
when the storms of slander, misrepre-
sentatiOn and abuse rise against YOU.
in the knowledge that the right will be
more than sustained when the clash
and clamor have spent their evanes-
cent force.
J. Understand the lofty sentiment
that resides in choosing "the better
part." and be too grand to permit an
e..emy to drag you down by making
you as mean as he is.
8. Be modest, yet courageous, and
be properly appreciative of your indi-
vidual value
9. In speaking. talk 10 the point,
directly and vigorously: in acting. pro-
Ceed quickly earnestly and thoroughly.
10 Attend to the business you set
out to make success. and let every
other persons affairs alone.
These ten simple rules form the
foundation upon which Mr. Washing
ton has buildcd a fame that time can
not tarnish, and which detraCtion can
rot destroy. For as YOU must know.
friction IS the natural accompaniment
10 any forward movement. Even the
Wizards skill could not evade ma
ture's dictum in this regard Mr..
Washington's Atlanta speech in 1906
marked an epoch in the history of the
South and forced a new alignment on
the Negro problem. 1t Evoke the
echoes" of praise from the architects
of the new century. and earned for its
author a place beside Henry w.
Grady as an orator and a thinker: but
IT likewise served to arouse the slum-
herring wrath of those who incorrectly
believed that the TuSkegee industrial
ist was waging war upon what is
termed the Negro's higher education. -
and scuttling the manhood claims of
The race to gain the sympathy of pref
rdlced whites. For a season Mr..