Make up your mind that in spite of race and colour, in spite of the obstacles that surround you, in spite of everything, you are going to succeed in your school life, and are going to prepare yourself for usefulness hereafter.
Washington inspires individuals to succeed in their education regardless of racial and societal obstacles.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.
This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.
Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.