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A Letter to a Student



I wonder if you will let a stranger say a word
to you? I have heard that you are a young
woman of some ability. I have heard that you are
neglecting your school work because you have
become hopeless of trying to do anything in the
world. I am very sorry for this. How any human
being whose fortune it is to live in these times
should despair of life is almost unbelievable.
And if that person is, as I am, of Negro lineage
with all the hopes and yearnings of millions of
human souls dependent in some way on her
striving, the