the best housekeepers,
the best dress makers, the best blacksmiths, and in fact, the best in
all that pertains to country life.

Let us get hold of the lands we cultivate as far as possible and build
better homes and keep our homes clean. But you say that we do not need
industrial training. Let us see. Many years ago Henry Clay, in order to
encourage home industry, introduced a bill in the Kentucky Legislature
to the effect that the people of that state should use nothing save what
could be produced in the state. Suppose today the white man of this
country should say that the Negro must use only the things which he
could make, what would be his condition? Could we cook with proper
utensils? Could we eat with knives and forks? Could we dress as we do
now? Practically everything we wear or use was made by the white man and
were he to institute such actions we would be helpless to provide for
ourselves.

In our quest for knowledge, we must not overlook the education of the
heart. Our religion should be made practical. It must be real and not
visionary. No other will suffice. Our religion must consist more in
deeds and less in words.

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"phosporus" corrected to "phosphorus"(page 91)

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