I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else." - Meaning and context.">
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The Story of My Life and Work, vol. I (1900), ch. XV: Cuban Education and the Chicago Peace Jubilee Address
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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

About Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).