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Booker T. Washington: “Men must have some of the comforts and conveniences--certainly the necessities of life--supplied them before they can be…”

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Men must have some of the comforts and conveniences--certainly the necessities of life--supplied them before they can be morally or religiously what they ought to be.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington states that basic comforts are essential for moral and religious development.

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