cated in Washington, the capital of the nation, where
today he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. His modest,
sympathetic nature makes him an ideal man for the sick room.
His ability has won professional recognition not only for
himself but for others. He was for many years physician to
the National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children,
and is today the examining surgeon for a number of
benevolent and charitable organizations. He has been
prominently connected with many of the business ventures of
the colored people in the District of Columbia for the past
ten years, and is ranked as a broad-minded, solid,
public-spirited citizen--a grand object lesson for what is
best and most progressive in the community. He has invested
his earnings judiciously, so that today he has a competency
seldom attained by a man of his years. The success gained,
the making the most of himself, renders him the best
advocate of truth, and a potent factor in the growth and
development of the race. This plain, honest, earnest young
man is a type of the generation since citizenship came--a
splendid example of worth since the selfhood of the race has
been partially recognized, and the members have been
permitted to add their quota to the sum of human advancement
and achievement. The hour calls for fact, not fancy--for
flesh-and-blood examples of what has been done by the young
manhood of the country. The interest here and now is due to
the fact that he has had somewhat to say on a subject of
vital moment, and has said it vigorously and eloquently.
Here he is the champion of truth, performing a service in a
dignified, scholarly manner, and so winning the praise and
gratitude of all lovers of truth. His article must call a
halt to those inconsiderate ones who persistently repeat
what through haste and insufficient data has been given to
the world as fact--as logical inference from scientific
investigation.

Dr. Wilder has collected a large library of professional and
literary works, and has never ceased to be a hard student.
His home shows the taste of the scholar and wide-awake
practitioner. He married Miss Sallie C. Pearson of Columbia,
S. C., and to them have been born two children--Charles
McDuffie and Susan Maceo.

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