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Our people in the South will prosper in proportion as a larger number of university men take up agriculture and kindred callings after they have finished their academic education.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
Washington advocates for university-educated individuals to pursue agriculture to benefit the Southern economy.
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