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“No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward.”
- Source
- Up from Slavery
- Date
- 1901
Meaning of “No man who continues to add something to…”
Sustained contribution to a community creates durable value; usefulness becomes a route to recognition that is more dependable than demanding status alone.
Where does it come from?
Up from Slavery, Chapter XVI, “Europe,” Project Gutenberg #2376. During his account of Europe, Washington returns to the idea of indispensable usefulness and calls sustained contribution to a community’s material, intellectual and moral well-being a great human law of reward.
