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Character Building

by Booker T. Washington

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Two Sides of Life
  4. 4Helping Others
  5. 5Some of the Rocks Ahead
  6. 6On Influencing by Example
  7. 7The Virtue of Simplicity
  8. 8Have You Done Your Best?
  9. 9Don’t Be Discouraged
  10. 10On Getting a Home
  11. 11Calling Things by Their Right Names
  12. 12European Impressions
  13. 13The Value of System in Home Life
  14. 14What Will Pay
  15. 15Education That Educates
  16. 16The Importance of Being Reliable
  17. 17The Highest Education
  18. 18Unimproved Opportunities
  19. 19Keeping Your Word
  20. 20Some Lessons of the Hour
  21. 21The Gospel of Service
  22. 22Your Part in the Negro Conference
  23. 23What Is to Be Our Future?
  24. 24Some Great Little Things
  25. 25To Would-Be Teachers
  26. 26The Cultivation of Stable Habits
  27. 27What You Ought to Do
  28. 28Individual Responsibility
  29. 29Getting on in the World
  30. 30Each One His Part
  31. 31What Would Father and Mother Say?
  32. 32Object Lessons
  33. 33Substance vs. Shadow
  34. 34Character as Shown in Dress
  35. 35Sing the Old Songs
  36. 36Getting Down to Mother Earth
  37. 37A Penny Saved
  38. 38Growth
  39. 39Last Words

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