PUBLISHERS' EXPLANATION

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHARACTER BUILDING

TWO SIDES OF LIFE

HELPING OTHERS

SOME OF THE ROCKS AHEAD

ON INFLUENCING BY EXAMPLE

THE VIRTUE OF SIMPLICITY

HAVE YOU DONE YOUR BEST?

DON'T BE DISCOURAGED

ON GETTING A HOME

CALLING THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES

EUROPEAN IMPRESSIONS

THE VALUE OF SYSTEM IN HOME LIFE

WHAT WILL PAY

EDUCATION THAT EDUCATES [1]

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RELIABLE.

THE HIGHEST EDUCATION

UNIMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES

KEEPING YOUR WORD

SOME LESSONS OF THE HOUR

THE GOSPEL OF SERVICE

YOUR PART IN THE NEGRO CONFERENCE

WHAT IS TO BE OUR FUTURE?

SOME GREAT LITTLE THINGS

TO WOULD-BE TEACHERS

THE CULTIVATION OF STABLE HABITS

WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO

INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY

GETTING ON IN THE WORLD

EACH ONE HIS PART

WHAT WOULD FATHER AND MOTHER SAY?

OBJECT LESSONS

SUBSTANCE vs. SHADOW

CHARACTER AS SHOWN IN DRESS

SING THE OLD SONGS

GETTING DOWN TO MOTHER EARTH

A PENNY SAVED

GROWTH

LAST WORDS

CHARACTER BUILDING

CHARACTER
BUILDING

BEING ADDRESSES DELIVERED
ON SUNDAY EVENINGS TO THE
STUDENTS OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE

By

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1902

Copyright, 1902, by
Booker T. Washington
Published June, 1902

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Printed by Manhattan Press,
New York, U. S. A.

TO THE
OFFICERS AND TEACHERS OF
The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
WHO HAVE UNSELFISHLY AND LOYALLY
STOOD BY AND SUPPORTED ME
IN MY EFFORTS TO BUILD
THIS INSTITUTION