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Booker T. Washington: I want you to bear in mind that your text books, with all their contents, are not an end, but a means to an end, a means…

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I want you to bear in mind that your text books, with all their contents, are not an end, but a means to an end, a means to help us get the highest, the best, the purest and the most beautiful things out of life.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington stresses that textbooks are tools to achieve greater life goals, not the ultimate objective.

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