I want you, as you go out from this institution, whether you are graduates or not, whether you have been here one year or four years--to go out with the idea that you must set a high example for every one in your community.
Washington urges graduates to set a positive example in their communities after leaving the institution.
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From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.
Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.
I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.