George Washington Carver on Ego and Self
"You can’t get very far in life if you don’t get away from Self" - George Washington Carver in 1939
The famed scientist and inventor best known for the amazing work he did with peanuts -- he cooked up over 100 uses for peanuts incluing plastics and gasoline -- gave this rare interview four years before he died in 1943. It's an inspiring story about the importance of scientific discovery and putting ego aside in the search for facts and the truth.
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We uncovered this rare tape via the George Washington Carver National Monument. Special thanks to Curtis Gregory at the National Park Service and Peter D. Burchard. Learn more about George Washington Carver here: georgewashingtoncarver.us
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This is not what I imagined his voice to sound like at all.
This man is the US version of Da Vinci. He improved the color blue that was in crayons, and used in art. It was more a cornflower blue before, now a true blue. Reused paper before paper mills started making recycled paper,made tile out of peanut shells. He saved the southern crops by encouraging farmers to grow peanuts instead of cotton. Saved them from economic disaster because of the bowl weevil infestation. If anyone deserves a statue its this man.
I didn't realize his voice was so soft spoken.
I confess... I know “peanuts” about G. W. Carver. Actually hearing his voice is a blessing. I’ve been told he was a great scientist, but I’m starting to think he was a great philosopher as well.
I didn't expect his voice to sound like that!
This guy has such a loveable personality. 😄
This is great. I was a fan of him as a kid, but I never knew there were any recorded interviews with him
"the further anyone gets away from self, the better they will be" -Buddha
The importance of humility is largely overlooked in our society. The enormity of modern societal sensitivity has inadvertently promoted vanity.
An interview of Kubrick or George Carlin would be great.
biopic please, I love his voice... he sounds so caring.
The big thing I remember about his motivations was his grief when his younger brother died of smallpox when they were children. That's what got him into medicine
Wow! Zero unlikes! 😁 George Washington Carver is such an inspirational person! One of the greatest inventors and genius of all time!
Brilliant man with an appreciation for "dad jokes". XD Thanks for your contribution, Dr. Carver.
I give this whole interview a big "Amen"
Lincoln also sounded really high pitched according to records we have of him
At the museum I volunteer at, we'll be doing a project based on his experiments with paint pigments this month. He really is amazing.
I think that George Washington Carver's voice sounding the way it did was from the effects of contracting Rubella when he was younger.
Oh my God that's so beautiful, all of these things so succinctly put, this is wonderful, thank you so much for animating this
Thank you for this. I am a great admirer of Carver.