The hard thing about it, the discouraging thing, is that they do not know how to realize on the results of their toil; because they have no education and little idea of industrial development, they do not know how to make their work tell for what it ought to.
Washington discusses the barriers that prevent people from benefiting from their hard work due to lack of education.
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