What is equally important, each one of the students works half of each day at some industry, in order to get skill and the love of work, so that when he goes out from the institution he is prepared to set the people with whom he goes to labour a proper example in the matter of industry.
Washington emphasizes the importance of practical work experience for students to prepare them for future labor.
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I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.
Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.
When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.