But out of the hard and unusual struggle through which he is compelled to pass, he gets a strength, a confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth by reason of birth and race.
Washington explains how the arduous struggles faced by Black individuals cultivate a unique strength and confidence absent in those with easier paths.
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