Such questions as these can be satisfactorily answered not merely by our putting our consciences into every effort, no matter what the effort may be, but by improving, day by day, upon what has been done the day before.
Washington advocates for continuous improvement in all efforts to address pressing questions.
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Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did.
Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.