I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life—that is, tries to make each day reach as nearly as possible the high-water mark of pure, unselfish, useful living.
Washington shares his conviction that a life dedicated to diligent, unselfish, and useful effort will naturally attract positive outcomes and encouragement.
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From the time that I can remember anything, almost every day of my life had been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think I would now be a more useful man if I had had time for sports.
As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.
He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.