A People is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one.
The common Problem, yours, mine, every one’s
Is—not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be,—but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair
Up to our means; a very different thing!
The greatest question in the world is how to give every man a man’s share in what goes on in life—we want a freeman’s share, and that is to think and speak and act about what concerns us all, and see whether these fine gentlemen who undertake to govern us are doing the best they can for us.
—Felix Holt.
- Has America a Race Problem; If so, How can it best be Solved?
- The Negro as presented in American Literature
- What Are We Worth?
- The Gain from a Belief
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- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Our Raison d’Être
- Part First: Soprano Obligato
- Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race
- The Higher Education of Woman
- “Woman Versus the Indian”
- The Status of Woman in America
- Part Second: Tutti ad Libitum
- Has America a Race Problem; If so, How can it best be Solved?
- The Negro as presented in American Literature
- What Are We Worth?
- The Gain from a Belief
