Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor,

W. E. B. Du Bois
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Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, - all men know something of poverty. Not that men are wicked, - who is good? Not that men are ignorant, - what is truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men. ✨ The Souls of Black Folk ch. 12 (1903)
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