I Constantly Felt (as I Suppose Many

I Speak For The Colored Women Of The South, Because It Is There That The Millions Of Blacks In This Country Have Watered The Soil With Blood And Tears, And It Is There Too That The Colored Woman Of America Has Made Her Characteristic History And There Her Destiny Is Evolving.

A Race Cannot Be Purified From Without.

All Prejudices, Whether Of Race, Sect Or Sex, Class Pride And Caste Distinctions Are The Belittling Inheritance And Badge Of Snobs And Prigs.

I Care Not For The Theoretical Symmetry And Impregnable Logic Of Your Moral Code, I Care Not For The Hoary Respectability And Traditional Mysticisms Of Your Theological Institutions, I Care Not For The Beauty And Solemnity Of Your Rituals And Religious Ceremonies, I Care Not Even For The Reasonableness And Unimpeachable Fairness Of Your Social Ethics,--if It Does Not Turn Out Better, Nobler, Truer, Men And Women,--if It Does Not Add To The World's Stock Of Valuable Souls,--if It Does Not Give Us A Sounder, Healthier, More Reliable Product From This Great Factory Of Men--i Will Have None Of It.

Each Is Under The Most Sacred Obligation Not To Squander The Material Committed To Him, Not To Sap His Strength In Folly And Vice, And To See At The Least That He Delivers A Product Worthy The Labor And Cost Which Have Been Expended On Him.