[jobim]

Thank you for digging up this salient quote! This is indeed an American classic that has always needed wider exposure.

[allmendream]

Didn't take any digging, I was reading the book for the first time and just wondering why it wasn't assigned reading at some point in my education, when up popped that quote!

[allmendream]

From “Up From Slavery” about the “colored” people in Washington D.C..

“Among a large class there seemed to be a dependence upon the Government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the Federal officials to create one for them.”

The more some things change, the more others just stay the same, apparently!