You cannot reach these things all at once, but I hope that each one of you will make up his mind or her mind that from to-night, throughout the year and throughout life, there is going to be a hard striving on your part toward reaching the best results.
Washington urges his audience to commit to continuous striving for excellence throughout their lives.
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I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.
Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.