The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.10, page 27, Feb. 1909, U. of Illinois Press

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FEBRUARY . 1 Dog ness in the community. The loafer, the man who tries to live by his wits, is never wanted anywhere. Many white people in the North who are now honoring the memory of Lincoln, are coming into contact with the race that Lincoln freed for the first time. I have spoken of the patience and self-control needed on the part of my race. With equal emphasis I wish to add, that no man who hallows the name of Lincoin will inflict injustice upon the Negro because he is a Negro or because he is weak. Every act of injustice, of law breaking, growing out of the presence of the Negro, seeks to pull down the great temple of justice and law and orcler which he gave his life to make secure. Lawlessness that begins when a weak race is the victim, grows by what it feeds upon and soon spreads till it involves all races. It is easy for a strong man or a strong race to kick down a weak man or a weak race. It is ignoble to kick down; it is noble to lift up as Lincoln sought to do all through his life. Just in the degree that both races, while we are passing through this crucial period, exhibit the high qualities of self-control and liberality which Lincoin exhibited in his own life, will we show that in reality we love and honor his name, and will both races be lifted into a high atmosphere of service to each other. Yours truly, Booker T. Washington] TL Copy Con. BTW Papers DLC. A draft in BTW's hand, dated {an. z9, 1909, on letterhead of the Hotel Manhattan, is also in Con. 8~. The letter appeared in the Springfield (Ill.) News, Feb. ~3, Tog. ~ James R. B. Han Cleave was president of the Lincoln Bank in Springfield, Ill., from 1907 to 1909. From 19~2 to 19~5 he was treasurer of the Hal M. Smith Co., which dealt in wholesale notions, groceries, and sundries. To William Burns Paterson Hotel Manhattan, New York. February lo, 1909 My dear Professor Paterson: This, of course, is confidential. I had a good talk with Mr. Bertram about you and your need for a li27