I fear that a great many of you, when you look your conscience squarely in the face, when you get right down to your real selves, at the bottom of your lives, must answer that you have not done your best.
Washington expresses concern that many students may not be honest with themselves about their efforts.
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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.
The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.
This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.
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.