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I had not had the privilege of sitting down to a dining-table until I was quite well grown.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgI had not had the privilege of sitting down to a dining-table until I was quite well grown.
Washington reflects on his lack of basic comforts during his early life, illustrating the stark differences in experiences.
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We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.
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.
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.