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No matter how much we may praise its proportions and enjoy its beauty, it dies unless its roots and fibres touch and have their foundation in Mother Earth.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
This statement reinforces the idea that beauty and success require strong roots and connections to reality.
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