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done in the North for us, while the South does not forget its duty. Virginia, alone, appropriates $300,000 a year to our common school education, beside $30,000 for our higher education.

Let us remember that we are not to win the victory on flowery beds of ease, or be swift in running the race. Let us be patient until we shall en masse win the prize of education, morality, complete freedom, and citizenship.