But the question that will be more and more forced upon us for an answer is: "Can we work out our thoughts, can we put them into tangible shape, so that the world may see from day to day actual evidences of our intellectuality?
Washington raises the challenge of translating thoughts into visible actions and evidence of intellect.
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