TDIH: Booker T. Washington
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.”
On this day in 1900, a magazine publishes the first installment of a weekly series. That series would eventually be compiled and published as a book: "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography," by Booker T. Washington.
One important theme of the book—and of Washington's life—was the value of hard work. “Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work,” Washington concludes.
Aren't hard work and perseverance two traits that have always made us AMERICAN?! And don't we lose a little piece of ourselves when our society starts to downplay the importance of work, as it has in recent years?
What would Washington make of us today?
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10% inspiration, and 90% Perspiration! Wasn't that how Edison put it? Now days it's more like, "If at first you don't succeed, BLAME SOMEONE ELSE"!
I suspect that Mr. Washington would be very disappointed with the citizens these days.