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Gains against Losses
Though the line of progress may seem at
times to waver, now advancing, now retreating,
now on the mountains, now in the valley, now
in the sunshine, now in the shadow, the aim
has ever been forward, and we have gained
more than we have lost. If to-day we have
fewer political conventions, we have more
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clubs, we have more building and loan associations.
If we cherish fewer air-castles, we
own more acres of land and more homes than
has ever been true in the history of the Negro
race. If we have fewer men in Congress, we
have more merchants and more leaders in
commerce. Hampton Institute Anniversary, '98.
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