Each one of you must have had some thoughts about those who are anxious about you, some thought for those persons whose hearts are very often bowed down in anxiety because they fear your school life here will not be successful.
Washington encourages students to reflect on the worries of their loved ones regarding their success.
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In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.
This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.
If my life in the past has meant anything in the lifting up of my people and the bringing about of better relations between your race and mine, I assure you from this day it will mean doubly more.