The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 129, Feb. 1891, U. of Illinois Press

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FEBRUARY ~ 89 ~ convention. My whole life since I have been In the State, as ar' educator, has been given to showing that education will cement the friendship of the two races, not alienate them. So far from denouncing anybody as being bitter, I should have been willing for the whole Legislature or all the citizens in Tuskegee to have heard all that I said. I can refer any one who wants to know my character and standing, as to matters that concern the white and colored people to the citizens of Tuskegee, in whose midst I have lived and worked for nine years, and among whom I expect to pass the remainder of my life. B. T. Washington Montgomery Ad vertiser, Feb. 6, ~ 89 i, 7. A Sunday Evening Talk SELF DENIAL Tuskegee, Ala. Web. 8 ?, ~ 89 ~ ~ I want to impress upon you, what I have attempted several times before, the duty and utility of trying to live a life of unselfishness, a life of self-denial, a life devoted to the good of others. The more experience one has in the world and the more he studies and comes in contact with those about him the more he learns that the people who live the happiest lives in the world are those who' are continually striving, whether seen or unseen, to make the world happy or better by the opportunity given them for having lived in it. Indeed the experience of the world teaches that the people who are the most unhappy, who have the most cloudy days, are those whose lives are devoted to themselves, who are seeking continually their own happiness. Take the life of Lord Byron who had education, wealth and influential friends. Near the close of his life he said that he could not count in the whole course of his life eleven happy days, and he doubted much if he lived on he could have counted one round dozen. People who live for themselves are the most miserable persons you know. You will find that persons who are continually striving to get this world's goods, and heaping up for themselves, never get satisfied, they are always miserable. Even those who have splendid fortunes and are 19