Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. "Every persecuted individual and race should get much consolation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin found, is, in the long run, recognized and rewarded. " How does this quotation relate to Washington's theory of accommodation? He believed that in a merit-based society, hard work and patience would lead to racial equality. He believed that in a merit-based society, the government would enforce racial equality. He believed that in a merit-based society, it was necessary to actively challenge segregation laws. He believed that in a merit-based society, only people of certain race could succeed.