On the record
Write your letters in the simplest and plainest manner possible.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “Write your letters in the simplest and plainest manner possible.”
Editor's note · Context
Washington stresses the need for clear and straightforward writing in correspondence.
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