If there are some of you who have been unfortunate enough to allow little mean habits, mean dispositions, mean acts, mean thoughts, mean words, to get the uppermost of you--in a word, if your life thus far has been a little, dried-up, narrow life, get rid of that life.
Washington encourages individuals to shed negative habits and thoughts for a more fulfilling life.
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