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serve。 You students here this morning represent the fortunate 
few of our race。 Most of our people are not allowed to go to 
school at all。 For each one of you there are dozens of young 
people who can hardly write their names。 We are denied the 
dignity of study and wisdom。 
' ;From each according to his ability�察�to each according to his 
needs。; All of us here know what it is to suffer for real need。 
That is a great injustice。 But there is one injustice bitterer 
even than that!to be denied the right to work according to 
one's ability。 To labor a lifetime uselessly。 To be denied the 
chance to serve。 It is far better for the profits of our purse to 
be taken from us than to be robbed of the riches of our minds 
and souls。 
'Some of you young people here this morning may feel the 
need to be teachers or nurses or leaders of your race。 But most 
of you will be denied。 You will have to sell yourselves for a 
useless purpose in order to keep alive。 You will be thrust back 
and defeated。 The young chemist picks cotton。 The young 
writer is unable to learn to read。 The teacher is held in useless 
slavery at some ironing board。 We have no representatives in 
government。 We have no vote。 In all of this great country we 
are the most oppressed of all people。 We cannot lift up our 
voices。 Our tongues rot in our mouths from lack of use。 Our 
hearts grow empty and lose strength for our purpose。 
'People of the Negro race� �We bring with us all the riches of 
the human mind and soul。 We offer the most precious of all 


gifts。 And our offerings are held in scorn and contempt。 Our 
gifts are trampled in the mud and made useless。 We are put to 
labor more useless than the work of beasts。 Negroes� �We must 
arise and be whole again� �We must be free��' 
In the room there was a murmur。 Hysteria mounted。 Doctor 
Copeland choked and clenched his fists。 He felt as though he 
had swelled up to the size of a giant。 The love in 

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him made his chest a dynamo�察�and he wanted to shout so that 
his voice could be heard throughout the town。 He wanted to 
fall upon the floor and call out in a giant voice。 The room was 
full of moans and shouts。 
'Save us��' 
'Mighty Lord� �Lead us from this wilderness of death� �
'Hallelujah� �Save us�察�Lord��' 
He struggled for the control in htm。 He struggled and at last 
the discipline returned。 He pushed down the shout in him and 
sought for the strong�察�true voice。 
'Attention��' he called。 'We will save ourselves。 But not by 
prayers of mourning。 Not by indolence or strong drink。 Not by 
the pleasures of the body or by ignorance。 Not by submission 
and humbleness。 But by pride。 By dignity。 By becoming hard 
and strong。 We must build strength for our real true purpose。' 
He stopped abruptly and held himself very straight。 'Each year 
at this time we illustrate in our small way the first 
commandment from Karl Marx。 Every one of you at this 
gathering has brought in advance some gift。 Many of you have 
denied yourselves comfort that the needs of others may be 
lessened。 Each of you has given according to his best ability�察�
without thought to the value of the gift he will receive in 
return。 It is natural for us to share with each other。 We have 
long realized that it is more blessed to give than to receive。 
The words of Karl Marx have always been known in our 
hearts�此 �From each according to his ability�察�to each according 
to his needs。; ' 
Doctor Copeland was silent a long time as though his words 
were complete。 Then he spoke again�此�
'Our mission is to walk with strength and dignity through the 
days of our humiliation。 Our pride must be strong�察�for we 


know the value of the human mind and soul。 We must teach 
our children。 We must sacrifice so that they may earn the 
dignity of study and wisdom。 For the time will come。 The time 
will come when the riches in us will not be held in scorn and 
contempt。 The time will come when we will be allowed to 
serve。 When we will labor and our labor will not be wasted。 
And our mission is to await this time with strength and faith。' 
It was finished。 Hands were clapped�察�feet were stamped upon 
the floor and en the hard winter ground outside。 The166 

odor of hot�察�strong coffee floated from the kitchen。 John 
Roberts took charge of the presents�察�calling out the names 
written on the cards。 Portia ladled the coffee from the dish´pan 
on the stove while Marshall Nicolls passed slices of cake。 
Doctor Copeland moved about among the guests�察�a little 
crowd always surrounding him。 
Someone nagged at his elbow�此�'He the one your Buddy named 
for��' He answered yes。 Lancy Davis followed him with 
questions�察�he answered yes to everything。 The joy made him 
feel like a drunken man。 To teach and exhort and explain to 
his people!and to have them understand。 That was the best 
of all。 To speak the truth and be attended。 
'Us certainly have had one fine time at this party。' 
He stood in the vestibule saying good´bye。 Over and over he 
shook hands。 He leaned heavily against the wall and only his 
eyes moved�察�for he was tired。 
'I certainly do appreciate。' 
Mr。 Singer was the last to leave。 He was a truly good man。 He 
was a white man of intellect and true knowledge。 In him there 
was none of the mean insolence。 When all had departed he 
was the last to remain。 He waited and seemed to expect some 
final word。 
Doctor Copeland held his hand to his throat because his 
larynx was sore。 'Teachers��' he said huskily。 'That is our 
greatest need。 Leaders。 Someone to unite and guide us。' 
After the festivity the rooms had a bare�察�ruined look。 The 
house was cold。 Portia was washing the cups in the kitchen。 
The silver snow on the Christmas tree had been tracked over 
the floors and two of the ornaments were broken。 
He was tired�察�but the joy and the fever would not let him rest 


Beginning with the bedroom�察�he set to work to put the house 
in order。 On the top of the filing case there was a loose card! 
the note on Lancy Davis。 The words that he would say to him 
began to form in his mind�察�and he was restless because he 
could not speak them now。 The boy's sullen face was full of 
heart and he could not thrust it from his thoughts。 He opened 
the top drawer of the file to replace the card�察�A�察�B�察�C!he 
thumbed through the letters nervously。 Then his eye was fixed 
on his own name�此�Copeland�察�Benedict Mady。 

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In the folder were several lung X´rays and a short case history。 
He held an X´ray up to the light。 On the upper left lung there 
was a bright place like a calcified star。 And lower down a 
large clouded spot that duplicated itself in the right lung 
farther up。 Doctor Copeland quickly replaced the X´rays in the 
folder。 Only the brief notes he had written on himself were 
still in his hand。 The words stretched out large and scrawling 
so that he could hardly read them。 '1920!calcif。 of lymph 
glands!very pronounced thickening of hili。 Lesions arrested 
!duties resumed。 1937!lesion reopened!X´ray 
shows' He 
could not read the notes。 At first he could not make out the 
words�察�and then when he read them clearly they made no 
reason。 At the finish there were three words�此�'Prognosis�此�Don't 
know。' 
The old black�察�violent feeling came in him again。 He leaned 
down and wrenched open a drawer at the bottom of the case。 
A jumbled pile of letters。 Notes from the Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People。 A yellowed letter from 
Daisy。 A note from Hamilton asking for a dollar and a half。 
What was he looking for�拭�His hands rummaged in the drawer 
and then at last he arose stiffly。 
Time wasted。 The past hour gone。 
Portia peeled potatoes at the kitchen table。 She was slumped 
over and her face was dolorous。 
'Hold up your shoulders��' he said angrily。 'And cease moping。 
You mope and drool around until I cannot bear to look on 
you。' 
'I were just thinking about Willie��' she said。 'Course the letter 
is only three days due。 But he got no business to worry me like 


this。 He not that kind of a boy。 And I got this queer feeling。
'
'Have patience�察�Daughter。
'
'I reckon I have to。
'
'There are a few calls I must make�察�but I will be back shortly。
'
'O。K。
'
'All will be well��' he said。
Most of his joy was gone in the bright�察�cool noonday sun。 The
diseases of his patients lay scattered in his mind。 An abscessed
kidney。 Spinal meningitis。 Pott's disease。 He lifted the crank of
the automobile from the back seat168


Usually he hailed some passing Negro from the street to crank
the car for him。 His people were always glad to help and
serve。 But today he fitted the crank and turned it vigorously
himself。 He wiped the perspiration from his face with the
sleeve of his overcoat and hurried to get beneath the wheel
and on his way。
How much that he had said today was understood�拭�How much
would be of any value�拭�He recalled the words he had used��
and they seemed to fade and lose their strength。 The words left
unsaid were heavier on his heart。 They rolled up to his lips
and fretted them。 The faces of his suffering people moved in 
a
swelling mass before his eyes。 And as he steered the
automobile slowly down the street his heart turned with this
angry�察�restless love。


J。 HE town had not known a winter as cold as this one for 
years。 Frost formed on the windowpanes and whitened the 
roofs of houses。 The winter afternoons glowed with a hazy 
lemon light and shadows were a delicate blue。 A thin coat of 
ice crusted the puddles in the streets�察�and it was said on the 
day after Christmas that only ten miles to the north there was a 
light fall of snow。 
A change came over Singer。 Often he went out for the long 
walks that had occupied him during the months when 
Antonapoulos was first gone。 These walks extended for miles 
in every direction and covered the whole of the town。 He 
rambled through the dense neighborhoods along the river that 
were more squalid than ever since the mills had been slack 
this winter。 In many eyes there was a look of somber 
loneliness。 Now that people were forced to be idle�察�a certain 

restlessness could be felt。 There was a fervid outbreak of new 
beliefs。 A young man who had worked at 

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