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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. by errata led to 1 i ;• • : ^ ent Line pelure, fapon d t 1 • ; ,. : 4 5 6 32X »I I— < ji 1«— 1o2; H ^^ i-i 5! pq :^ ' ^ /•^•^ THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK .' BOOKER WASHINGTON 1K > T. H ' H a< PRINCIPAL OF TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE w u* Ji I « B Q WKL ' •<A ' ^^^BK ' %O WITH ANINTRODUCTIONBY ^^B H ^^^HH. O DR, J. L. M. CURRY ^H :« ^^^^B M Commissioner Peabody and Slater Funds ^^H (fl ^H <5 ^ ^Ht H HiB ^kB oa« ^^H ^ ^B uo4 ) o COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS ? ORIGINAL PEN DRAWINGS BY FRANK BEARD 1 J. L. NICHOLS & CO. Manufacturing PublishersofPopular Subscription Bookson the ExclusiveTerritory Plan TORONTO. ONT. NAPERVILLE (CHICAGO). ILL. ATLANTA. GA. -97 E 185 W'29 |i ! ."b'94 EnteredaccordingtoactofCongress,inthe year1900 By BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IntheofficeoftheLibrarianof Congress,at Washington,D. C. Sold only by Subscription,andnottobe had inbookstores. Anyone desiring a copy should addressthePublishers ALL RIGHTS RESERVED v^ HON. FUi:i)KRICK I)()fc;i<ASS. , i DR. J. L. M. CURRY, WASHINGTON', D. C. INTRODUCTION. HAVE cheerfully consented to prefix a few v/ords introductory to this auto- biograph}'. While I have encouraged its publication, not a sentence has been submitted to my examination. From my inti- mate acquaintance with the subject, because of my connection with the Peabody and the Slater Education Funds, I am sure the volume has such a strong claim upon the people that no com- mendation is needed. The life of Booker T. Washington cannot be written. Incidents of birth, parentage, schooling, early struggles, later triumphs, may be detailed with accuracy, but the life has been so incorpo- rated, transfused, into such a multitude of other — lives, broadening views, exalting ideals, mold- — ing character, that no human being can know its deep and beneficent influence, and no pen can describe It. Few living Americans have made a deeper impression on public opinion, softened or removed so many prejudices, or awakened greater hopefulness in relation to the solution of a problem, encompassed with a thousand diffi- culties and perplexing the minds of philanthro- pists and statesmen. His personality is unique.