I leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
In plain words
She left children one gift, the wanting to learn.
Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- 'My Last Will and Testament', written by Bethune and first published in Ebony, August 1955; full text reproduced by Bethune-Cookman University, the school she founded.
- 1955
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