Our graduates go to work in every section of the South, and whatever knowledge might be obtained in the library would serve to assist in the elevation of the whole Negro race.
From his autobiography, this explains the broader societal impact of a library at Tuskegee Institute.
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It is such a rest and relief to get away from crowds of people, and handshaking, and travelling, to get home, even if it be for but a very brief while.
The thing in my life which brings me the keenest regret is that my work in connection with public affairs keeps me for so much of the time away from my family, where, of all places in the world, I delight to be.
I have often said to my friends that if I can use whatever prominence may have come to me as an instrument with which to do good, I am content to have it.
We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.