The options of the question are, A) Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity. B) hard work was more important than education. C) people could not prosper from common labor. D) people had to prosper in order to have freedom.
The correct answer is, a Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity.
<em>According to this quotation, Washington believed that hard work had its own kind of dignity.
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When Washington says that “In the great leap from slavery to freedom…the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands”, he is talking about the importance of hard work to get what they deserve. And when Washington says “we shall prosper…as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor”, he is talking about hard work had its own kind of dignity and it does not matter the kind of common labor a person does, as long as it is a moral, hard work that benefits the worker and society.
