Booker T. Washington: “But I determined to learn the business of waiting, and did so within a few weeks and was restored to my former position.”

But taking place at the time it did, and for the reason that it did, no one could ever make me believe that my mother was guilty of thieving.

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.

I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.