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Since the work at Tuskegee started, it has been my privilege to receive many gifts for the benefit of the institution, but never any, I think, that touched me so deeply as this one.
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Booker T. Washington
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Washington expresses the profound emotional impact of receiving a heartfelt gift for Tuskegee Institute.
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