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such gaudiness- hence the plumes.

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As a military genius he had no faith in himself at all. Tho he wasA Admiralissimo of the " African Navy ",Generalissimo of the " African Legions",he frequently expressed a fearful lack of confidence. Ent these expressions placed side by side with his mighty accomplishments are proof positive of the man's overwhelming modesty.

" When I get to Africa, with my invincible Black Army, I shall not ask Great Britian what she is doing there, I shall tell her to 'get out!' I shall not ask France what she is doing there, I shall tell her to 'get out!' I shall not ask Belgium what she is doing there, I shall tell her to 'get out!' and so on until I have kicked every white man out of Africa! "

Perhaps he felt this charming reserve because he had never had a day of military experience in his life.

On the walls of his living room in 129th Street, there hung a large picture of Napoleon. On the opposite wall hung one, still larger, of himself. It is evident he wished no comparisons drawn. If he had, he would have caused them to be hung side by side.

" You already have the governors of Europe trembling" He announced a little further on. "Lloyd George has warned the other statesmen to look out for Marcus Garvey, and you can rest assured that Marcus Garvey is look-ing out for Lloyd George".

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With his Negro contemporaries, whom lesser souls might have considered rivals and consequently felt the pangs of jealousy, he was never too busy to pause and pay them compliments. Of W.E.B. DuBois he said: "Fifty years from now, DuBois will still be sending petitions to Congress. Marcus will be coming up the Hudson Bay (river) with a flotilla of battle-ships, dreadnaughts, cruisers, submarines and aeroplanes to land the first African ambassador in the United States. The next day he will dine at the White House."

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The indolence of some of his race brotheren stirred his great spirit. He himself was willing to serve, was eager to save. They not only refrained from saving themselves, but actively objected to his saving so much. Tearfully he read them out - expelled them bodaciously from the race. Bleached and faded, they go mowing about the limbo of nothingness that borders the land of races. Thus passed DuBois, James Weldon Johnson and William Pickens from among the Negro living, and are seen no more.

But with his officers and others who shared his zeal, he was most generous. Of his wealth of titles, he gave and gave till it hurt them to carry all that he gave them. Behold his "Duke of Uganda!" His "Knight Commander of the Sublime Order of the Nile!" "Supreme Deputy Potentates", "High Chancellor", "High Auditor" and "Lords" and "Ladies" aplenty.

For himself he kept almost nothing. He was merely Managing Editor of the Negro World, Pres. of the Black Star Steamship and Navigation Line, Pres.-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Supreme Ruler of the Sublime Order of the Nile, Provisional Pres. of Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the "African Legions".

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With rare foresight, he saw that the redeeming of the entire continent of Africa would take time. It would be no easy task to make it safe for the black folk of the world. They must not be too optimistic he told them.

"Ninety days from now (Aug. 1930) we will have an ambassador at the court of France; ninety days from now we will have an ambassador at the court of St. James; ninety days from now we will have an ambassador at the court of St. Petersburg; ninety days from now we will have an ambassador at the court of Moscow; ninety days from now we will have a Black House side by side with the White House in Washington,"

He might have demanied the entire site on which the White House stands, but you see, he generously offers to share it. He will permit even the conquered whites to have an executive mansion side by side with his.

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Marcus Garvey was much in advance of the old school of thinkers. Hence he stood
in places never dreamed of by Booker T. Washington. There have been some
whisperings concerning W. E. B. DuBois on account of his efforts to lower the
violent mortality rate among his people, and advance their interests generally,
but he never learned how to keep the people's money, and so missed true great-
ness.

Mr. Garvey sat up one night and learned law. The next day he bravely
took the burden of the case upon himself. Even though he realized he had not a
chance in the world against the District Attorney, he assumed the responsibil-
ity.

"When I get thru with that little Jewish Atty., he will be so small you'
will have to hunt for him with a candle."

These are some of the telling points he drove home for the defense,
in spite of the prosecution.

1. Capt. Gaines, prosecution witness on the stand. (The same who had been dis missed without pay by Mr. Garvey, and thrown out of the office)

Garvey: What is your personal opinion of Marcus Garvey- is he honest and sincere ?

Capt. Gaines: He spent the money you got by fraud on race horses and women.

2. Sidney De Bourg: Prosecution witness.

Garvey: Did you ever have a conversation with "Lady" De Bourg concerning Marcus Garvey ?

De Bourg: Yes.

Garvey: What was said during this conversation about Marcus Garvey ?

De Bourg: She said you were impossible and the only thing to do was to let you fall over a precipice and break your neck.

Judge Julien Mack, before whom the case was being tried, asked both
sides to rush because a Zionist convention was to be held soon in Chicago,
and he wished to be present. With rare self effacement Garvey asked, "Would
you rush this case to attend a convention when the liberty of Marcus Garvey
is at stake?"