It Is Strange How In Some Things

A People May Become Great Through Many Means, But There Is Only One Measure By Which Its Greatness Is Recognized And Acknowledged. The Final Measure Of The Greatness Of All Peoples Is The Amount And Standard Of The Literature And Art They Have Produced.... No People That Has Produced Great Literature And Art Has Ever Been Looked Upon By The World As Distinctly Inferior.

I Am A Thing Not New, I Am As Old As Human Nature. I Am That Which Lurks, Ready To Spring Whenever A Bar Is Loosed; The Ancient Trait Which Fights Incessantly Against Restraint, Balks At The Upward Climb; The Weight Forever Seeking To Obey The Law Of Downward Pull; And I Am More: The Bitter Fruit Am I Of Planted Seed; The Resultant, The Inevitable End Of Evil Forces And The Powers Of Wrong.

Every Race And Every Nation Should Be Judged By The Best It Has Been Able To Produce, Not By The Worst.

Any Musical Person Who Has Never Heard A Negro Congregation Under The Spell Of Religious Fervor Sing These Old Songs Has Missed One Of The Most Thrilling Emotions Which The Human Heart May Experience.

...one Of The Best Things About Running Is That No Matter How Fast You've Run In The Past, Running Fast In The Future Does Not Come Easily Or With Any Guarantees.