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Booker T. Washington: The hard thing about it, the discouraging thing, is that they do not know how to realize on the results of their toil…

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The hard thing about it, the discouraging thing, is that they do not know how to realize on the results of their toil; because they have no education and little idea of industrial development, they do not know how to make their work tell for what it ought to.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington discusses the barriers that prevent people from benefiting from their hard work due to lack of education.

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