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While on garrison duty in the Civil War he organized what is believed to have been the first free school for colored children in the South. WHILE ON GARRISON DUTY IN THE CIVIL WAR HE ORGANIZED WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FREE SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH
mentioned as additional reasons why his name and fame have not been steadily blazoned. He knows and will admit that he works hard and has all his life worked hard. “Things keep turning my way because I’m on the job,” as he whimsically expressed it one day; but that is about all, so it seems to him. And he sincerely believes that his life has in itself been without interest; that it has been an essentially commonplace life with nothing of the interesting or the eventful to tell. He is frankly surprised that there has ever been the desire to write about him. He really has no idea of how fascinating are the things he has done. His entire life has been of positive interest from the variety of things accomplished and the unexpectedness with which he has accomplished them. Never, for example, was there such an organizer. In fact, organization and leadership have always been as the breath of life to him. As a youth he organized debating societies and, before the war, a local military company. HE QUIET BETTERMENT OF MANKIND MAY BE MENTIONED AS ADDITIONAL REASONS WHY HIS NAME AND FAME HAVE NOT BEEN STEADILY BLAZONED HE KNOWS AND WILL ADMIT THAT HE WORKS HARD AND ALL HIS LIFE HAS WORKED HARD THINGS KEEP TURNING MY WAYS BECAUSE I'M ON THE JOB AS HE WHIMSICALLY EXPRESSED IT ONE DAY BUT THAT IS ABOUT ALL SO IT SEEMS TO HIM AND HE SINCERELY BELIEVES THAT HIS LIFE IN ITSELF BEEN WITHOUT INTEREST THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIALLY COMMONPLACE LIFE WITH NOTHING OF THE INTERESTING OR EVENTFUL TO TELL SO FRANKLY SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS EVEN A DESIRE TO WRITE ABOUT HIM HE REALLY HAS NO IDEA HOW FASCINATING ARE THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE HIS ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN OF POSITIVE INTEREST FROM THE VARIETY OF THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE UNEXPECTEDNESS OF WHICH HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THEM NEVER FOR EXAMPLE WAS THERE SUCH AN ORGANIZER IN FACT ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AS THE BREATH OF LIFE TO HIM AS A YOUTH HE ORGANIZED DEBATING SOCIETIES AND BEFORE THE WAR A LOCAL MILITARY COMPANY
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