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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington
Age: 59 †
Born: 1856
Born: April 5
Died: 1915
Died: November 14
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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