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It was this quality in the first boy that made him valuable and caused him to rise.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “It was this quality in the first boy that made him valuable and caused him to rise.”
Editor's note · Context
Washington asserts that the first boy's qualities made him valuable in the workplace, leading to his rise.
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