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Works for Dishonesty

I claim that any training that increases the
wants of the individual, especially as that
training is applied to a people whose condition
is that of the masses of the South, any
education that increases wants without increasing
abilities to supply these increased wants, is
a mistake; and whenever it is done, whether
among black people or among white people,
you will find unhappiness, unrest, or, too often,
dishonesty. Our New Citizen.