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puts his whole conscience into that work, and does it just as thoroughly as it is possible for him to do it.
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“puts his whole conscience into that work, and does it just as thoroughly as it is possible for him to do it.”

Booker T. Washington

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Character Building
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1902
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Conscience is applied to ordinary manual work, making thoroughness a matter of character even when the task is mortar-mixing or bricklaying.

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Character Building, “The Virtue of Simplicity,” Project Gutenberg #60484. The sentence refers specifically to students doing building work at Tuskegee.

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