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Quotation from Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington

“The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, “Cast down your bucket where you are.””

Booker T. Washington

Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 3 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV)

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The parable at the heart of the speech, repeated four times before the captain obeys.

Citation: "The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, “Cast down your bucket where you are.”" — Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 3 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV). (id atlanta-exposition-address-q1)

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