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Up from Slavery

A work by Booker T. Washington

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  • What korrents draws from it

    No race can prosper until it sees as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem, Grievances should not be allowed to overshadow opportunities, The races can be socially separate yet united in everything essential to mutual progress …

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    Booker T. Washington

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Claims on korrents
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What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. No race can prosper until it sees as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Grievances should not be allowed to overshadow opportunities (opens korrents.com)1

  3. The races can be socially separate yet united in everything essential to mutual progress (opens korrents.com)1

  4. There is no security for anyone except in the highest intelligence and development of all (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing (opens korrents.com)1

  6. No race with something to contribute to world markets stays ostracized for long (opens korrents.com)1

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  • Booker T. Washington

Sources

  1. Up from Slavery (1901) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)

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