The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30

Pressure from without, IL IONS continueu'
may modify II. must have modihed II IN
the past, but the recipient must nsnt
hereditary Impulse and desire at every
step. and beyond a certain limited derth
outside influence will not penetrate.
To see the free play OF heredity ana OF
environment In a given case on a large
scale would be OF the highest interest,".
For such an experiment a race shouiu
have opportunity to initiate the arts' cur
,ure and social life OF a more compieA
group. and then he left to work out It's own
salvation. do not wish to dosma'i"e'
bu, I feel that the result after some gen
e~rations would he altogether different from
the development of the race when hau
evolved the culture, and given them the
opportunity.
Race IL deeper than culture. And so !
would wish It. To mould all the diverse
peoples OF this wonderful varied world into
one type does not seem TO me 10 oe ue-
sIrable. We have our different gifts, ana
would allow all such free play. IN ouI
estimate races have risen and declined
and given In tn. process something es-
s.nt,al and Of value to the world. From
some It may have been little, as the iolk-
song contribution OF the negro OF tins
southern states.
Mr.. Evans's message to the negro Is
to school himself to look upon lie
F, from the standpoint of his own race:
I to study the institutions n customs
Of his forefathers. and to learn the
los, virtue Of content in the simpler
things Of life.
The chapter on race prejudice ~ ex-
oelleni. and il largely concerned with
| uemolishing NJ. Jean Finot's book on
the subject. a book which seems 70 be
a masterpiece If transformation. the
! prejudice of the white man, Mr.. Evans
thinks, Is due to his foresight ana
anxiety for the future and that of his
children. and the author feels that this
! anxiety is well taken and necessary.
Mr.. Evans visited the Southern
States. travelling from Washington
through Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama,
Mississippi. Louisiana. Tennessee. and
80 back again through North Carolina
and Virginia. His estimates and criti-
,isms of the South are as keen. fair
and unprejudiccd as any that have
been published. and nothing could be
more beneficial to the Southerner than
to see himself through the eyes Of 50
abba an observer. He gives a chap
Tel W az past ANU w
and carefully estimates the m
dous problem set the south III tht
time OF the ia'e oVs anu cary ~,
when II faced a population OF 4'oVv'VV,
negroes. utterly "ithou'
property. immoral, with no training
in individual self-help or cooperation
helpless and childish. with 100000
whites ruined. as far as materia
things went, out resoiu'e 10 pui'u d
new society.
II is amusing TO read IN view o.
our constant astonlshWeht AT 'H'
British ignorance or Things american
that the Americans ne met sho"eu IN
teres. in and knowledge OF tneir I'M
mediate oundin Joiheu 10 4
dense ignorarce OF awning ou's'u'
->hherna' he "' ny ""' NN
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and he also felt that the Southerhe
Is inclined TO clip his religion to sui
his ~peculiar sins and environment
Finally he finds that four decades AZ
to- ar~,, inclination tho neyro is in noIn
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