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Booker T. Washington: “The question can be answered only by our putting our consciences into our work, and by our being entirely unselfish in…”

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The question can be answered only by our putting our consciences into our work, and by our being entirely unselfish in it.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington discusses the necessity of selflessness and integrity in one's work to answer important questions.

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