Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15 Vol.14: Index           All Writings Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15
Volume 1: Autobiographical Writings Volume 2: 1860-1889 Volume 3: 1889-1895 Volume 4: 1895-1898 Volume 5: 1899-1900 Volume 6: 1901-1902 Volume 7: 1903-1904 Volume 8: 1904-1906 Volume 9: 1906-8 Volume 10: 1909-11 Volume 11: 1911-12 Volume 12: 1912-14 Volume 13: 1914-15 Volume 14: Cumulative Index   BTWP Vol.13 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-xx Introduction, pp. xxi-xxvi Erratum, pp. xxvii-xxviii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxix-xxx Documents, 1914-15, pp. 1-2 Apr. 1914, pp. 3-12 May 1914, pp. 12-39 June 1914, pp. 39-79 July 1914, pp. 79-105 Aug. 1914, pp. 105-124 Sept. 1914, pp. 125-137 Oct. 1914, pp. 137-158 Nov. 1914, pp. 159-191 Dec. 1914, pp. 191-208 Jan. 1915, pp. 209-235 Feb. 1915, pp. 236-247 Mar. 1915, pp. 247-258 Apr. 1915, pp. 259-284 May 1915, pp. 284-314 June 1915, pp. 314-335 July 1915, pp. 335-342 Aug. 1915, pp. 342-351 Sept. 1915, pp. 351-373 Oct. 1915, pp. 374-422 Nov. 1915, pp. 422-472 Dec. 1915, pp. 472-494 Addenda, pp. 495-495 Jan. 1899, pp. 496-498 9 Jan. 1901, pp. 499-499 2 Nov. 1901, pp. 500-504 20 May 1902, pp. 504-506 20 June 1903, pp. 507-508 26 Dec. 1903, pp. 508-508 9 June 1904, pp. 509-510 28 July 1904, pp. 510-510 1 Oct. 1904, pp. 511-511 31 Dec. 1904, pp. 511-512 7 Mar. 1906, pp. 512-514 4 Oct. 1906, pp. 514-515 19 Oct. 1906, pp. 515-515 7 Nov. 1906, pp. 516-516 12 Nov. 1906, pp. 516-517 17 Nov. 1906, pp. 517-518 11 Dec. 1906, pp. 519-519 30 Oct. 1907, pp. 519-520 16 Mar. 1908, pp. 520-520 30 Mar. 1908, pp. 521-521 2 Apr. 1908, pp. 521-522 27 June 1908, pp. 522-523 18 Jan. 1911, pp. 523-526 Bibliography, pp. 527-530 The page presentation framework of the Booker T. Washington papers is designed to provide researchers worldwide with searchable access to the thousands of pages comprising the fourteen volumes, most of which are out of print. Adapted from the National Academy Press's Open Book framework, this framework allows searching down to the page level, provides sorting of search results chronologically, enables easy navigation across multiple volumes, and allows page-by-page local printing (via PDF) of every page.

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ADDE N DA To Ellen Collins Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 9, egos My dear Miss CoDins: ~ read with pleasure the article in ''The Spectator'' to which you call my attention. Two things struck me as ~ read this article. One is the seeming, unconscious egotism of the average Anglo-Saxon. ~ remember last May that I sat for two days listening to the addresses being delivered at the Montgomery Conference and I do not think that a single individual spoke who did not lay special stress upon the superiority of his own race and the weaknesses of other races as compared with his. Now ~ cannot see why it is not in just as bad taste as it would be for an individual to be continually praising himself to the disadvantage of some other individual. Superiority, it seems to me, consists of possessing a spirit of humility and humbleness and not of arrogance and self-consciousness. ~ cannot agree with the writer that any race ever goes backward. ~ think that races, like individuals, for a time may drift the wrong way but take them on the average, and ~ believe that all races go forward instead of backward. ~ think we have gotten to the point in the case of my own race where it is not a debatable question as to whether or not the race is going forward or backward. No person who keeps his eyes and ears open can fad] to be convinced that the race is continually making great progress. ~ am planning to be in New York for a few hours on the 20th and shall hope to see you that day or the day after. Mrs. Washington desires to be remembered to you. ~ shall remember what you say about William Edwards. He had a very excellent meeting in Trinity Church Chapel where Dr. Donald, Mr. Edwards and myself spoke. Yours truly, [Booker T. Washington3 TLd Con. ~ 70 BTW Papers DLC. Several minor editorial changes in E. J. Scott's hand. 499