From one piece Up from Slavery (1901) 7 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercises of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house.
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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcingTheir words
The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.
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There is no security for anyone except in the highest intelligence and development of allTheir words
There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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The races can be socially separate yet united in everything essential to mutual progressTheir words
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.
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No race can prosper until it sees as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poemTheir words
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.