"Lord, no!"
"Then, how can you expect their followers to be?"
"We cannot."
"Another disadvantage, is separate schools."
"I don't quite understand?"
"Well, mix the Negro children daily with the whites, and they are sure to become enamored of their ways."
"I gather your trend."
"The most helpful thing on earth. Negro children thereby are able, in a measure, to eradicate the little evils that come from poor homes; homes wherein the parents, ignorant often, are compelled to be away at work."
"Evil environment, bad influence!"
"That is it. There is no encouragement to read, therefore no opportunity to develop thought, and the habit of observation."