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After a long and hard journey, he finally reached Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia with only fifty cents in his pocket. This is Booker T. Washington's account of his journey -- starting from the dark and dangerous coal-mine and eventually ending up in his admission to the institute -- the struggle to pursue an education and to change his destiny.
經歷了漫長而艱難的旅程之后，他終于到達了弗吉尼亞的漢普頓師范和農業學院，這時他身上只剩五十美分。這就是布克·T·華盛頓所描述的他的旅程——從在漆黑而又危險的煤礦里工作到最終被學院錄取——為了追求教育而努力奮斗并且改變了自己的命運。
The Struggle for an Education
我的求學之路
Booker T. Washington
布克·T·華盛頓
One day, while at work in the coal-mine, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in Virginia. In the darkness of the mine I noiselessly crept as close as I could to the two men who were talking. I heard one tell the other that not only was the school established for the members of my race, but that opportunities were provided by which poor but worthy students could work out all or a part of the cost of board, and at the same time be taught some trade or industry.
一天，在煤礦上班時，我無意中聽到兩個礦工說道，有一所專為有色人種開設的很好的學校，在弗吉尼亞州的某個地方。礦井里一片漆黑，我悄無聲息地爬到離那兩人盡可能近的地方。我聽到一個人對另一個說，學校不僅是為了我的種族成員而專門建立的，而且也會提供機會，使窮苦但上進的學生得以支付全部或部分食宿費用，同時也能學會一門手藝或技術。
I resolved at once to go to that school, although I had no idea where it was, or how many miles away, or how I was going to reach it; I remembered only that I was on fire constantly with one ambition, and that was to go to Hampton. This thought was with me day and night.
我當即決定要去那所學校，雖然學校在哪里，離我有多遠，我又該怎么到那里，我一點概念也沒有；我只記得心中有個愿望在熊熊燃燒，那就是去漢普頓。這個念頭日日夜夜在我心頭縈繞。
