I Suppose This Work Is Part Of

If We Are To Have Another Contest In The Near Future Of Our National Existence, I Predict That The Dividing Line Will Not Be Mason And Dixon's But Between Patriotism And Intelligence On The One Side, And Superstition, Ambition And Ignorance On The Other.

How Do People Come Up With A Date And A Time To Take Life From Another Man? . . . Twelve White Men Say A Black Man Must Die, And Another White Man Sets The Date And Time Without Consulting One Black Person. . . . They Sentence You To Death Because You Were At The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time, With No Proof That You Had Anything At All To Do With The Crime . . . . Yet Six Months Later They Come And Unlock Your Cage And Tell You, We, Us, White Folks All, Have Decided It's Time For You To Die, Because This Is The Convenient Date And Time.

The Friend In My Adversity I Shall Always Cherish Most. I Can Better Trust Those Who Helped To Relieve The Gloom Of My Dark Hours Than Those Who Are So Ready To Enjoy With Me The Sunshine Of My Prosperity.

The Southern Rebellion Was Largely The Outgrowth Of The Mexican War. Nations, Like Individuals, Are Punished For Their Transgressions. We Got Our Punishment In The Most Sanguinary And Expensive War Of Modern Times.

But My Later Experience Has Taught Me Two Lessons: First, That Things Are Seen Plainer After The Events Have Occurred; Second, That The Most Confident Critics Are Generally Those Who Know The Least About The Matter Criticised.