There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not…

W. E. B. Du Bois
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There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know. ✨ W. E. B. Du Bois (2014). Dusk of Dawn (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois), p.62, Oxford University Press
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There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know. ✨ W. E. B. Du Bois (2014). Dusk of Dawn (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois), p.62, Oxford University Press

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