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Black-belt diamonds;

gems from the speeches, addresses, and talks to students of Booker T. Washington ...
  
  
  
  

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Neglecting Opportunity

The average man usually has the idea that if
he were just somewhere else, in another State or
city, or in contact with another race, he would
succeed, forgetting too often to utilize the
forces that are about him and in hand.

Metropolitan Church (Washington, D. C.).