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When you are asked to go to drive by such a man as that, tell him you would rather he would put his money in the bank, because you know he is not able to afford to spend it in that way.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “When you are asked to go to drive by such a man as that, tell him you would rather he would put his money in the bank…”
Editor's note · Context
Washington advises young women to encourage men to save rather than spend frivolously, promoting financial prudence.
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