[1] There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all. [2] If anywhere there are efforts tending to curtail the fullest growth of the Negro, let these efforts be turned into stimulating, encouraging, and making him the most useful and intelligent citizen. [3] Effort or means so invested will pay a thousand per cent interest. [4] These efforts will be twice blessed—“blessing him that gives and him that takes.”

–Up from Slavery,
Booker T. Washington

Which sentence from the excerpt states Washington’s claim?

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