Then we want to have you to learn to govern your actions, not alone for the sake of the result which they will have upon yourself and those who are near and dear to you, but for the sake of your influence upon all with whom you will come in contact.
Washington encourages individuals to govern their actions with consideration for their broader influence on others, not just for personal gain.
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This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.
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Wherever our graduates go, the changes which soon begin to appear in the buying of land, improving homes, saving money, in education, and in high moral characters are remarkable.