Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
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_LEADERS OF AMERICA WHOSE EARS ARE CLOSE TO THE GROUND_
_Americans, Regardless of Color, Who are Leading the People out of the
Wilderness and Teaching the Brotherhood of Man._
We have at the present time in the United States certain persons
regarded as eminent in progress and advanced thought, who must be
reckoned with when it comes to human improvement, and the removal of
obstacles to man’s intellectual life and physical welfare.
There have been numberless proofs in the years gone by, in fact, we have
only to survey the pages of all history, to learn that it is a law of
human nature, that there is no distinction between color and race, and
that brains, intellect, soul, are and always will be the test, the
criterion, the standard of human excellence.
To review the past would be to open the door to endless pages of
history, and require pages of illustrious names that have shone like
stars in the human firmament.
Those who are engaged in the development of the human family, and
apparently unconsciously working out the designs of God in their
persistent advocacy of human betterment, the destruction of inefficient
environments, and the promotion of peace and good will, as well as the
preservation of health, are numerous. Strikingly prominent are many of
our Americans who seem to be blessed with an almost prophetic insight,
and the ability to bring about changes in unpleasant conditions.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
We have in Theodore Roosevelt, a man of many parts, none of which is
unimportant but all of them vital. When he speaks upon any subject he
not only speaks with determination but with an absolute knowledge of the
subjects he treats.
“Col.” Roosevelt, as he delights to be called, began in the New York
legislature, then became President of the New York City Police
Commission, where he did some powerful work in suppressing vice and the
saloon evil. Becoming too powerful a factor in American affairs after
his brilliant career as Governor of New York, he was nominated as
Vice-President of the United States, the politicians thinking thus to
close his career.
But he became President of the United States, succeeding to that high
office through the deplorable assassination of President McKinley, and
received the suffrages of the people for a second term because of his
energetic Americanism, and as an exponent of “Fair Play.”
He is now a private citizen, but as distinguished and as influential as
if he were filling the Presidential office. He is all energy,
persistence and force of character. He will fight, talk, or argue his
points, as long as he can stand on his feet, and then he will write them
to the world. No such man ever before lived in the United States.