And while we are talking about the reward that will come as a result of your services, let me tell you that no greater satisfaction can come to any one than that which you will get from the worship and praise which will come to you from these old mothers and fathers who will be benefited by your services.
Washington highlights the deep satisfaction that comes from serving and positively impacting the lives of others.
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The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.
The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.
Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.