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What are you going to do as your part towards reaching these people, towards carrying to them the light which they need so much and so earnestly long for?
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgWhat are you going to do as your part towards reaching these people, towards carrying to them the light which they need so much and so earnestly long for?
Washington challenges his audience to consider their role in educating and uplifting others.
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