On the record
If there is no man there, we may put on all the collars and cuffs we can get, and we shall find that they will not make the man.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgIf there is no man there, we may put on all the collars and cuffs we can get, and we shall find that they will not make the man.
He reiterates that without true character, external appearances are meaningless.
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