Instead of studying books so constantly, how I wish that ou… - Booker T. Washington

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Instead of studying books so constantly, how I wish that our schools and colleges might learn to study men and things!

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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).

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Instead of studying books so constantly, how I wish that our schools and colleges might learn to study men and things! - Booker T. Washington

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