Record Added: 9/7/2021 Series Childhood of Famous Americans Setting  United States Topic Biography Publisher Bobbs Merrill Company Inc Year 1944 Age 9-12 Pages 201 Description Printed dustjacket
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George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.
George followed these virtues: - Be clean both inside and out.
- Neither look up to the rich nor down on the poor.
- Lose, if need be, without squealing.
- Win without bragging.
- Always be considerate of women, children, and older people.
- Be too brave to lie.
- Be too generous to cheat.
- Take your share of the world and let others take theirs.
Beginning in 1906 at Tuskegee, Carver led a Bible class on Sundays for several students at their request. He regularly portrayed stories by acting them out. He said: "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." |
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From estate sale, Ashton Idaho, June 2021.
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