The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-05
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remarkable man. Autobiographical writing
is dangerous enterprise ATHEIST, and should
never be undertaken except by, the great
men of earth. That Prof. Washington be-
longs to the class of great men of our time,
requires neither testimony nor proof, for it
is one of the accepted facts.
In writing OF the place and date of his
birth he says 4 was born on a planta-s
ton in Franklin County, Virginia. I am
not quite sure of the exact date of my
birth, but at any rate suspect must have
There is conscious huMor in this sentence,
a spice of wit, and the delicate sarcasm OF
a great man, protesting against the insti-
had made it impossible, either for himself
of birth.
who his father was--but that he knew that
my life had it's beginning in the midst
OF the most and dis
born in a typical .lqg cabin about fourteen
T by sixteen feet. square. In this cabin L
lived with With my mother and a brother and
were all declared free"
An account of his boyhood days-the
struggle OF his another and elder brother
rated in a simple manner which forms the
real charm of MI. Washington's literary
style. This volume however possesses a
charm higher than that 'of any style, for
it portrays the Kaleidoscope changes in the
upward toiling career of a youth, who
started at an early age on a tramp to the
OF an education with boundless hope and
almost infinite patience as his only assets.
On this unknown voyage over. hill and dale
the youthful enthusiast finally reached a
WIN no oppivo d
hungry, frlendless and penniless. He says:
i must have walked the streets till after
midnight. A last I became SO exhausted
that could walk no longer. I was tired,
II was hungry, zoos every thing but dis
couruged. Just about the time that l
reached extreme physical exhaustion,
board side walk was considerably elevated.
| waited for few minutes till was sure
no ,passers-by, could see me, and then crept
upon the ground Mr.. Washington then re-
lates that the next day he went down to
the river and obtained work from the
cargo OF pig iron that his work SO pleased
| the captain that he continued to work for
him number of days, sleeping under the
sidewalk every night, economizing in order
to save money to help; him reach Hampton.
He says that many years afterwards he
was tendered public reception by the
citizens OF Richmond in a church, not far
from the spot where he had slept upon the
ground. That he has also at the invitation
| of friends been guest in a Saratoga hotel
where he was formerly employed as wait
! err ..s0 ).
!; :. He writes d very entertaining chapter on
| the Reconstruction Period" and discusses
! in a very comprehensive and practical man
per the race problem at the South. It is
early struggles that we find Mr.. Washing
ton at his best and note distinctly that
patience under adversely, untring industry
and optimism of a rarely encountered char
! acter. are the qualities which have made
possible the success which has attended the
I efforts Of the man whom Walter Page, edi-
| tor OF the Worlds Work" pronounces, 1.-THE
| most useful man in the Republic