...Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...er seen him, and I knew little about him, except that he was the head of a school at Tuskegee, Alabama. I had occasion to write to him, and I addresse... ...n nor a preacher; and I had not heard of the head of an important coloured school who was not a preacher. “A new kind of man in the coloured world,” I... ...eaching at Tuskegee is unique. He lectures to his advanced students on the art of right living, not out of text-books, but straight out of life. Then ... ..., and never did any youth pass an examination for entrance into Harvard or Yale that gave him more genuine satisfaction. I have passed several examina... ...ings of the product of field, of forest, of mine, of factory, letters, and art, much good will come, yet far above and beyond material benefits will b... ... to deliver ad- dresses at many of our leading colleges including Harvard, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, W... ...nd received the Harvard yell. This march ended at Memorial Hall, where the alumni dinner was served. To see over a thousand strong men, representing a...

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