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
John Stuart Mill · en
One condition of society enables one kind of a man to succeed, another
condition of society enables another kind of man to succeed. And so on
all along the long line of different conditions.
The great mistake made by many so-called scientific purifiers of the
human race, is in not being able to separate man with reason from
animals or beasts without reasoning powers. There is such a thing as
intellectual progress and the betterment of the reasoning faculties, but
so long as we limit survivorship to the physical and not to the mental
powers, we are betraying man into degeneracy instead of helping him out
of it.
There is one great teacher whose lessons are to be learned and deeply
pondered. They lead to an uplift that no money, and no medical
examination, or selection, can possibly attain. He was poor and
forsaken; rejected by his own, but he was and is the type to be
attained. In establishing the highest type possible to man with
reasoning powers, he ran counter to the doctrine of the survival of the
fittest as men saw it in his day, so they crucified Him but too late to
efface the type which we must follow or fall into degeneracy.
THE VICTORY OF THE MAN WHO DARES
This is the Era of =the man who dares=.
His opportunity has blossomed out of conditions unparalleled in the
history of nations.
Too many have been plodding along in a furrow afraid to come out of the
rut. They have lived, it is true, but they have not touched success. All
animals live, but man has higher motives than mere existence.
Enterprise, business, commerce, capital, government demand a man who
dares. Many leaders have fallen beneath the spell of malignant
influence, and have dragged down into the pit with them, respect, honor,
confidence, and honesty.
An army of men who dare is needed to drag up out of the pit and into our
every day lives, the respect, honor, confidence, and honesty, groveling
in the mud at the bottom, and the nationality, color, or race makes no
difference, they are needed among all classes.
The eyes of the world are turned toward the inscription, “I will,” on
the banner of the man who dares, as he hurdles across all obstacles and
brings back to its pedestal, virtue, that has been dragged away into
disreputable haunts.
His is the initiative; to him belong the rewards of efficiency.
The man who dares to venture out into new and undeveloped fields fills
the pages of history; his name is blazoned in heavy head-lines on the
front page of every newspaper and magazine. He does not have to seek
after fame, he is sought.
The man who dares is no rash, reckless fool who rushes in where angels
fear to tread.
“I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.”
He lets “I dare” follow upon “I will,” and plunges into the tide of the
affairs of men, and at its flood, is led on to victory.