From the beginning of our work to the present I have always had the feeling, and lose no opportunity to impress our teachers with the same idea, that the school will always be supported in proportion as the inside of the institution is kept clean and pure and wholesome.
Reflecting on the founding principles of Tuskegee Institute, Washington emphasizes the importance of internal purity and wholesomeness for an institution's sustained support.
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