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Booker T. Washington: “In the first place the getting hold of money, the getting hold of a competency, insures us the possession of certain…”

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In the first place the getting hold of money, the getting hold of a competency, insures us the possession of certain influences that we can get in no other way.
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Booker T. Washington

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He asserts that financial stability provides access to important social influences.

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